The Sun. — London, England, 1851-09-02 00:00:00

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' l - le le° poi°. ~ boob be • little d bigl c l ead, 13 , e , 8 ' which., lt y 0 0 Mi 0 bel nd D• et/ icl;e' r lulY % gitl 3 i /g e r. 13 W it ive 10 1 , re i rea/ otill ie re stil l 3 to th e ca tellet o d the ) loud f lot —Tile °ll was 17 . )er mr. p ci -:;trensactitbe 1. the S vS. 7, rJ• ca tion: ni s to I r ° ' on e dePUtatleo a on le 8 0 0. Llic a the ode °f he t it tend tha , n tative s v cij ' co u of Pr iv ); half -yea r TING NO SP Es. No. (2XVII WARWICK SEPTEMftER MEETING, &e. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,---It is not expectedthat the fold for the Warwick Cup to-morrow will consist of more than three or four, probably Cariboo, one of Lord Exeter's, The Black Doctor, and Leap-ycar; C ARIBOO with Nat up no d oubt the winner. The result of the Co un ty S ta k es de e to depend s SO much on the ru nn i ng to -d ay that it is impos bibl give a decided opinion even now ; Catala, Grief, and Windltound, h owever, are strongly fancie p d. The Borough Handicap seemingly is booked for the WADASTRA FILLY or DECEITFUL; the Touchstone colt and Truth will probably be the next psir. The Avon S....taGanokreesysvTillomuoy attract, to the post f our or Li ve runners, viz.: Peppermi n t, Old R owley, D i amond, andan d ther; GREY TOMMY Rod PEPPERMINT frst and Second. CATALPA for the Great Warwicksh i re, and a..r,r) 21.18 . 4or the IV e l ter C up, will be about the mark; only Ie or two TOP, o pponents at the ou t s id e i n e i t h er case. T he Sir R Plate will, I b e li eve, be contested by Longinus, ' Robert, Puleherrina,, Worcester, Tonic, and pt4haps a nother or two; PULCHERRIIIA Of LONGINUS the win pprire,e s With Wor cester and Sir Robert third and fourth bettin g t hi s morning is brisk at the following :—Foal Stakes (Warwick)-3 to lon Leap- Y l e ar; 3to 1 agst Amoroso. Castlo Park Stakes-3 to O p, agst Ithuriel filly, Ibis, and Hirsuta; 4 to 1 any , "'T. Leamington Stakes-3 to 1 agat Herbert ;5 to -..agst Goldfinder ; 6 to 1 each agat Fogleman and :• t ," ; .? ei ttail; 10 to 1 agst Grief ; 12 to 1 agst Windhound; .' l, to 1 agst any other. Warwick Cup—Even on Ca eachlu°;s fi r st any agst any other. County Stakes-5 to 1 agst 1-T nitY, Catalpa and llarp ; 7 to 1 agst Wind nontld; 7to 1 agst Grief. Avon Stakes-6 to 4 agst Tommy;aGnryeyother .e ' t s : r •Cu.p.....GErveeant on a jE rw g i i c s k ; shire Stakes-6 to 4on -v,;',' e Pti, 7 to 4 agst lanthe ; 3 to 1 apt any other. agat Pul -3 to 1 agst any other. Towo P hae-4 to 1 agst Tonic ; 6 to 1 each . sehtaokrreima. Longinus, and Sir Robert. Lincoln Triennial 2 , a---Even on the Merry Bird. Brocklesby Stakes— agstl'° 1 agst Pessima. Lincolnshire Handicap-2 to 1 Maid of Madaana. I am, Sir, yours, &c., Sept 2, 1851. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. w TA CTERSALL'S—YESTEADAY. t B , 6 e t l ire enabl e d , from a very moderate extent of busi ; ° th_ alters io resent a somewhat lengthy "price currant;' Bert ns are confined to an imrovement in Her. and Clarissa, for the Leamington p de Stakes, and a • In° in The Ban and Grecian for the St. Leger. LEAIVIINGTON STAKES. 10 to 3 ast Lord Wilton's Herbert—take 7to 2 6 to 1 rest Mr. Palmer's Goldfinder 7 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fogleman 9 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's The Cocktail 13 12 t 1 to agst Lord Warwick's Grief 1 agst Lord J. Scott's Windhound WARWICK CUP. vtltl on Mr. Greville's Cariboo 4 to 1 agst Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor GREA.T YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 6S to 1 agst Mr. Park er g s Calculltor—taken t o o 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's Clarissa t agst Mr. Martinson's Nancy 6 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—take 7to 1 5 t to ST. LEGER. -13 2 agat nfield's t Lord E Hernandez—take 3 to 1 B,t 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's The Ban 12 to agst Sir J. Hawley's Aphrodite to 1 agst M h Newminster—taken 12 1 ° ° s 20 1 ngst Mr. H. Hill's Hothorpo to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian— taken 1,0 00 t CESAREWITCH STAKES. 3 ,000 0 25 agst Mr. Brown's Haricot—taken 1,0 0 t ° 75 agst Mr. E. R. 's Clrissa—a en 0 to 20 agst Mr. Meikla Cl rn' a rk s Conste a llation— t taken CA MBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 20 1 a gat Mr. M art i nson ' s N ancy 40 C t° to 1 , agat Lord J. Scott's Windhound—taken to t - o - agst Mr. Wiley's ElizL Middleton—taken agat Mr. F u ller's The Swindler—taken ! ,0 00 DERBY. 4.00() to `5 Lord O r f or d' s Al eoran —t a k en 2 0 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Norham—taken I'ooo to 1 0 agst Mr. Halford's Peppermint—taken AQUATICS. w e l S HAD WELL REGATTA. ek iI i 3 regatta, which was commenced about three °° e ot th,‘' 3 CI RO but prematurely brought to a close owing to de , -3 ' men being unfortunately drowned, was ester " 'Aste r i n .., • though there was a fatalit I " . ..eut but it seems as Ap e, w Y, attached to the affair, as a man named Ander- Ajoriedi° wa s to have supplied the vacant place occa- N ed ': fY the accident above alluded toto, is also sup 4ter w. thin the last four or five days,have found m a e lu g 2 371°4 ". He had been engaged conveying boat was 4 ab g ti 4 e aboard a ship off Woolwich, and his w ef i ta ' ' ll ' n tlY Picked but no tidings can be learned own e r up, Th e "' Priz , .. re ,galta was for a purse of sovereigns . . an . d other *4l:clettlosetibed by the inhabitants of the vicinity, and New viterocinabrieleuivetsdonin five heats, the race extending from r ane to the canal—being twice round. First Heat. (Light Blue) 1 ~...(Stripes) 0 U. I larvey (Purple) 0 Won very easily. 9r• Alle n Second Heat. 1 41freci S immonda A smart race for some distance. Alfred 0 . Third Heat. G . ~,. .ationnionds (Green) 1 R• . .mrv €l (Purple) 2 ."-Titobert son The last man was left some distance astern. Fourth Heat. G. \r etie 1 Allen.. Won easily Th e l Heat. ente r theme as th e last, Fina Varley taking the lead directly att, and going a long way in advance. „ C141)714 /N ADDISON'S RAILWAY A . teste a SIGNALS. i'. 4 l' b r i r ", a Y the first public trial of Captain Addison's 41 tie 4- ' night signals was made upon the North Ken . t Catain Airli s Wit h a result in every way satisfactory. the ,„„° left town by the four o'clock train with_ all buttes'itimPar for the illustration of his ( - 1 r e • necessary • before he got to ,454 v., Ingenious invention, and , v,% ria leee Bs. ' Rave more than sufficient demonstration of at 44 Not only did he himself succeed in calling : ; itit! 4) (l ° , l3 :lent the attention of the guard and . of the ''eee (.;.-r,tver, but even the most timid and inexpe- el ißlit d tt : ir e etti ' o o t t es h t ig guests found themselves able, without th e r e st difficulty or delay, to communicate with Portions of the train, and express . thir . t el l for an i mmediate stoppage. The design is a i r n d, I, l)s%t eri i h e enc gh. Instead of having but . one gu setiq a distance so remote from the driver that no ' e"i" be ; Iticii eau made except by a most fortunate °th i e4 ee of occurrences, we have here two,—one 11 ,,teaj -iTra'diate vicinity of the engine ; the other,. to `bete ehind• The signal which gives the warning essria licetionaries is so situated and attached to every (if eile that it may be turned on by any person Nhet insr Y tense at a moment's notice, yet . withalof ttitliel.eatgi°oll°affi without the agency and volition being. It is placed immediately out fit!ad the c arria ge, s t,n314 SPring at the other with which it is connected at one by a latch, restraining '44 ) i 'elle y to ;hoot out ; and it is the removal of this r, :Possible almost except by the manipulation tee°fly n"„lnges, which permits the notice of danger t 8 , mt l and apprise the proper functionary th n a !thieh-eeldent ened or is about to appe .n , g esir Ab W i 'll. render his ii p ri p mediate stoppage of the train but all t*L....Own this . occasion, when experimenting 'q th n4 dt as intended, no delay was necessary; 4 %11 Ru4 ds at every trial gave notice of theirwi e t 7. th e 4}, g ;, t ,he trium NI A , riii whistle which dwellers in the vicinity . ph of the design by the utterance ofl I h t ; °l:etYs b k"%v So well. The red placard was visible ties er,,73' daylight to the vigilant observer ; but at Able`' %,"" the retu g rn s hen almost a positive illumina- SatitiG4e shown, there V was still less doubt about the li; h ot' the design. "Did you see it ?" said Captain gear-gewk to the guard at Woolwich " How could any ?,d t; 1 0 1- ' two miles of it help seeing it?" replied . the t'etilik ih'iapt. Addison. The pulling of a trigger, dif ttie -,:., n° Particular from that of a gun, let off a vi eit te; -11 cap, which shrouded a mass of combustible Vibl,fond the result was a bright and brilliant flame, )0 1:1 1 4 eed i r t, 11l files, and enduring for at least five minutes. . 4 th 1..,',e only difficulty seemed to be in the facility 'elti " 141, this signal might be given, and which, it 'e lse ei lik 1 1 , wi,keLY, would tempt the wanton to experimen- RNiXcat sufficient cause. But even here it is di e li , 1 t l apel — ` t t l i i s at where they are alone in . a carriage,.. the . t 6 3, at tach e Penalty of such a proceeding w . ill imme th' r e ar e s to the parties so detected ; whilst where athe will at Wi e k Will r Persons in the compartment, either . th ed e t P event the foolish from attempting this ere "141i tY or, at least, the knowledge that 41, /,,.. 141 eu 1 4r : around ' them ' witnesses of their intended li g e? all°llr, will produce the same desirable effect. hte ar e th e , 3 „ 1 the TA of e y objections to the introduction of a th ia llow tir oltFricalising which shall it _ give the passenger h the uard. By 'bvi.:tee4 r is°4l4lt h i e nll o i r n ie e c a liffl in Lf w y would appear g to be 4 N l ' -'; anal on the other hand, no reasoning is ne le ist Y tel Prove -- no such difficulties to 41 4 ' the de,. • supposing which it is Cap sAd,:_tl.,irbility of the system sointention to introduce. to l Erti ti 0 Il t " Place oYMPosiUm.—Last night a grand fete fie., tim _ at t.he above beautifully -laid out grounds, when a o p et t'aunr,,tation was introduced co the notice of the public, er tiltlll4bee, il'ac!!gt.nuine Darkies from the South, whose p m 1 - 14 ads T l i kvet: been surpassed. Their bur e and s the l)t e (3' Pine singers was really excellent, t lei ts ' boh lieabl e Manner in which they sang other vocal Ilkj Otpti `Peculiars and comic, proved they were masters h ;i ll Isoijoil art, and impressed the audience with t e 4eent •' 1 0 the course of the evening Mr. H. Bell made Xt r is a 14 his b --• 4 i lder the ergon• The whole of the performances tie °Yet ..t. Pnal superintendence of " the great . gun,: lit!tht,,ehebirck'apt":roticao_turthis occasion, spared no expense in get tltirj4stroneonainAnlent up, und the redoubtable professor of must have felt satisfied with the i) ii- 44LowzsVDts at thhei(siet4iseudll and , equ d all3 l - ve s r o e , doubt,cDroOwded. 4 to to-473 sEPT- 1.-.---Thoe : . .tt r,o il ? O n ik s Trader, Sunder c)a) struck ou eroby Saud, arid is leaky. . 0. THE SUN, COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, AUG. 30. Her .MajJsty and his Royal Prince Albert, accompani!!.d by the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred, left Holyrood Palace yes terday morning at eight o'clock, and proceeded by railway to Stonehaven, from whence the Royal party travelled in three carriages-and-four to Balmoral, arriving there at seven o'clock. Her Majesty visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Abergeldie, when passing that place. Her Alnjesty and his Royal Highness were attended by the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Miss Byng, Lord John Russell, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, Sir J. Clark, and Mr. Birch. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert were much afflicted yesterday by the receipt of in • telligencc: that his Royal Highness Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg and Gotha died on the 27th inst. The deceased Prince was the uncle of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the brothel of the Duchess of Kent and the King of the Belgians, and the father of the King of Portugal. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Kent, at Abergeldie, soon after the receipt of the mournful intelligence, and dined in private with her Royal Highness, at Abergeldie, in the evening. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Oce from the Governors of the North American Colonies. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Co lonial Office for the Governors of the West India Islands. TEE CHALLENGE .111ATCH BETWEEI, THE AMERICA AND TITANIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As I consider it of great importance to the in• terests of navigation and naval construction that the facts of this case should be accurately known, and a. I have not seen any account of the match that appears to have come from an eye-witness, I have thought it my duty to send you the following notes, made by one of the few who followed the match throughout, fur the purpose of eliciting from it practical information regard ing the sailing qualities of the competitors:— The object proposed by the Yacht Club was under stood to have been the determination of the relative values of the English and American forms of yachts in strong winds and a rough sea. For this purpose it was stated that the yachts would not be started unless there should be a strong breeze. There was not, however, so much wind as could have r been desired on Thursday morning ; nevertheless, at half-past eight the orders of the Earl of Wilton, the commodore, were sent on board, " that the vessels should be alongside the Xarifa at ten, near the Nab Light," and should start before the wind, to run 20 miles out to sea, rounding a steamer sent out for the pur pose, and then return, beating up against the wind, to the Nab Light. Both vessels had been put into dock previous to the race, and many and curious were the examinations made of their bottoms. They resemble each other under water much more than would be supposed from their different aspects above. They are both built on the wave-line principle ; they both have great depth of keel ; they have the same difference of draught ford and aft, and they both have the gripe entirely rounded away, or, in other words, the keel rounds up in a quarter circle, nearly into the stem at the water line. At the surface of the water their water lines are similar, but the trans• verse sections are very different, the America having a wedge bottom, like the vessels of Sir William Symonds, which project out above the water beyond the waterline, while the Titania has the straight up and down side, such as is seen iu the vessels of the School of Naval Ar chitecture. Above water the vessels aro entirely diffe rent. The Titania has the raking stern of English yachts ; the America is cut off close to the sternpoat. At the bow both show the hollow wave-line, but the America carries the hollow up into the harping, while the Titania presents the usual aspect on deck of a sharp bowed yacht. The main and essential differences, however, between the vessels are their dimensions, tonnage, and cut of the sails. The America is 223- feet beam, the Titania 18; the America has a keel over 90 feet long, and the Ti tania under 70; hence, the America is some 210 tons by our measurement, and the Titania 100 tons. To es timate the value of such difference, we have only to refer to the scale of time for tonnage, to see that in an English yacht race the time allowed for difference of tonnage would be 55 minutes. It was, however, in the cut of the sails that the differ ence between the vessels was most striking to the eye as they' got under weigh to start. The general arrange. ment of the sails is not very different, nor the rake of the masts. The Titania's sails, cut by Eversfield, of Gravesend, are of the best English cut, beautifully gored and curved; the America's are simply " flat as a board;" and, during the race, they remained eel Tho value of this fact, however the object is effected, is most impor tant, and will appear from the sequel of the match. Both yachts had arrived at the Nab Light by a quarter-past eleven o'clock, and at 11h. 19m. 15s. the signal gun was fired from the Xarifa, the Blue Peter was hauled down, and both vessels started, the America taking the lead. The course was S.E., and right before the wind, which was a fresh breeze. There was a rolling sea, but by no means heavy. As the wind freshened the Titania gained upon the America, and as it fell the America gained upon her. For half an hour they alternately gained and lost upon each other, and the issue appeared very doubtful until the wind tell a good deal more, when the America gradually gained on her rival, and at last took her station permanently ahead. They rounded the steamer as follows:- 1. America ... 2. Titania ... ... at 2h. 3m. Os. ... at 2h. "in, 6a. Difference in favour of America Oh. 4m. 6s. Thus the America gained the first half of the match, running free, by a very small difference; and this fact is very important to naval architecture, as showing that in point of resistance to going through the water, or in adaptation of the forms of the vessels to speed simply, the advantages were nearly equal. The second part of the match, in beating up against the wind, was of a totally different character. It was evident to every qua lified spectator that the America must win. The advan tage obtained by the American cut of the sails was at once evident to the eye. The America was able to steer one point of the compass nearer to the wind than the Titania without the least flutter of her canvass. &I though, therefore, the Titania appeared to hold her own very fairly in point of distance run, and although when the wind freshened she appeared to be gaining in speed over her competitor, yet the distance the America would be able to make good to windward over her adversary on each tack by laying her course 11i degrees nearer the wind was such as to put competition beyond a doubt. During the race the wind freshened and the sea rose, but both yachts carried all their lower sails, without taking in a reef, and both proved themselves wholesome and easy sea vessels. They passed the Nab to the S.E. as follows: America ••• at sh. 31m. ... fit 6h. 22m. 2. Titania Difference in favour of America ... Oh. 51m. If from this difference on the whole match we sub tract the difference on the first half wo find the America to have gained 46 minutes 54 seconds in beating to windward—a most important advantage, and one which shows clearly how valuable an art the, better cutting and management of the sails is for the purpose of giving windwardly qualities to ships. If anything could add strength to the importance of the practical conclusions which this important experi ment suggests, it is the circumstance that in beating home to Cowes from the Nab Light both vessels either passed or gained upon every other yacht under sail by a long distance. This fact shows how much may be gained by the study of the forms of two vessels in some respects so much alike, and in others so dissimilar. The public aro certainly indebted to the owners of both yachts for giving them the advantage of so interesting an ex periment. It is much to be desired that advantage should be taken of the experiment to advance the in terests of scientific shipbuilding and of practical seaman ship; and it is for the advancement of those objects that these notes are offered for your acceptance by Your obedient servant, AN EYE-WITNESS, AND A MEMBER OF SEVERAL YACHT CLUBS. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending Aug. 30, 1831 £20,058 14 5 Ditto, Aug. 31, 1850 ... ... 16,605 18 8 Increase in 1851 ... London Terminus, Sept. 1, 1851. ... £3,45215 9 MORE PURCHASES BY THE NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—Tbis society is making good progress with the work of enfranchisement. It has recently completed the purchases of two other estates —one in Hertfordshire, the other in East Kent. The former is a large one, comprising two hundred acres, situate at Barnet, within ten miles of the metropolis, and in convenient proximity to the Great Northern Railway. The second, the purchase of which was only concluded last Thursday, consists of thirty acres, in the immediate vicinity of that popular watering-place, Margate. This land, which is of an excellent quality, was the pro perty of Sir R9bert Peel, Bart., M.P. The former estate will be divided into about one thousand allotments; the latter into one hundred; the whole of which will very speedily be in the possession of the allottees. The directors of the so ciety have recently caused it to be registered by the name of " The National Permanent Mutual Benefit building So ciety ;" and alterations have been made in the rules, so as to secure to the society those advantages which building so cieties enjoy under the Act permitting their enrolment. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. — Yesterday notice was issued at the National Gallery, Trafalgar-square, and at the Vernon Collection, Marlborough House, that they would ,be closed to the public on Saturday, the 13th instant, for the annual vacation. They will be re-opened to the public on Monday, the 27th of October. NEW REGULATION AT THE BRITISH The doors of the British Museum will be opened daily (ex cept on Saturday) from ten to live during the month. At the end of September the establishment will be closed for a week, and then only open on Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day to four o'clock: SEWERS.—Accorciiag to a return of rates made by the Commissioners of Sewers, it appears that the total rateable annual value of the districts in 1849, was 8,077,5911., and that in leso it had risen to 8,791,957/, whilst the cost of management per annum was, in the former year 20,0004 7s. 6d., and iu the latter 23,4651, gis. Id. LON DON, AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, SEPT. 1. We have received from New York the following additional intelligence, dated Aug. 20:— " The steamship Brother Jonathan arrived off Sandy Hook at nine last evening, and reached her wharf at midnight. She left Chagres on the 9th, and Kingston, Jamaica, on the 12th. We understand she was detained on her return trip by a fire which broke out near the boilers on the evening of the 17th inst. The vessel was densely crowded with passengers, and for a time the excitement amongst them was intense. Ilowever, in less than an hour the flames were ex tinguished, and quiet was restored. The boilers sus tained so much injury by the fire that but slow pro gress was made thereafter. The passengers award great credit to the Captain and his officers for their promptness and decision during the consternation. " The steam-ship Falcon was at Chagres waiting rhe mails for New Orleans. " The steam-ship Union, from San Francisco for Panama, with 300 passengers and 200,000 dollars in gold dust, was totally wrecked, the fourth day out, on St. Quinlan's Reef. The passengers and gold (with the exception of 6,000 dollars) were saved. the loss of the ship was the result of carelessness, the man at the wheel being too intoxicated to see where the ship was going. She struck at three A.M., and the passengers were compelled to wait till daylight, the ship every moment growing weaker and weaker, before they could escape, which they finally did in small boats. The Northerner hove in sight, and carried the unfor tunate passengers to Panama. All the freight of the Union was lost. " The steam-ship' Ohio reached Chagres on the 9th ult., with a broken shaft, and one engine so much disabled that she will have to go to Navy-bay and await orders from the owners. Her shaft was broken off Kingston, on the sth ult. She reported having experienced very heavy weather. " The Panama Star states, that the steam-ship Northerner arrived at Panama at ten P.M. on the sth ult., with 1,900,000 dolls. in gold•dust, from San Francisco. The dust from the wreck of the steam ship Union, together with her own, and what was in the hands of passengers, would make considerably over 2,000,000 dolls. on board altogether. " The steam-ship Commodore Stockton returned to Panama port, having sprung a leak when about 250 miles on her way to San Francisco. She had 80 pas sengers, who afterwards demanded the return of their passage money ; as the demand was not complied with they forced the crew to cease work, and took Forcible possession of the vessel. The matter had been laid before the American Consul at Panama, and his protection sought by the commander of the Com modore Stockton. " The Kingston (Jamaica) papers received contain no general news of interest. Cholera still lingered fn the island. The small-pox had broken out in several parts, and the extreme heat of the last fort night, succeeded by heavy showers of rain, had led to the prevalence of an epidemic resembling influenza, attended with fever; and, in consequence, the 13th anniversary of the freedom of the slaves, on the Ist of August, was celebrated with much less spirit than usual." THE GOLD FEVER in AUSTRALIA. We copy the following most important statement from the Sydney Morning Herald of Tuesday, May 20, which professes to take it from the Bathurst Free Press of Saturday, the 17th : " The discovery of the fact by Mr. Hargraves that :he country, from the Mountain Ranges to an inde finite extent in the interior, is one immense gold field, has produced a tremendous excitement in the town of Bathurst and the surrounding districts. For several days after our last publication the business of the town was utterly paralysed. A complete mental madness appears to have seized almost every member of the community, and, as a natural consequence, there has been an universal rush to the diggings. Any attempt to describe the numberless scenes—grave, gay, and ludicrous—which have arisen out of this state of things, would require the graphic pen of a Dickens, and would exceed any limit which could be assigned to it in a newspaper. Groups of people were to be seen early on Monday morning at every corner of the streets, assembled in solemn conclave, debating both possibilities and impossibilities, and eager to pounce upon any human being who was likely to give any information about the diggings. People of all trades, callings, and pursuits were quickly transformed into miners, and many a hand which had been trained to kid gloves, or accustomed to wield nothing heavier than the grey goosequill became nervous to clutch the pick and crowbar or " rock the cradle" at our infant mines. The black smiths of the town could not turn off the picks fast enough, and the manufacture of cradles was the second briskest business in the place. A few left town on Monday equipped for the diggings ; but on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday the roads to Summer-hill Creek became literally alive with new made miners from every quarter, some armed with picks, others shouldering crowbars or shovels, and not a few strung round with washhand basins, tin pots, and cullenders, garden and agricultural implements of every variety either hung from the saddle-bow or dangled about the persons of the pilgrims to Ophir. Now and then a respectable tradesman, who had just. left his bench or counter, would heave in sight, with a huge some thing in front of his horse which he called a cradle, and with which he was about to rock himself into fortune. Scores have rushed from their homes, pro vided with a blanket, " a damper," and a pick or grubbing-hoe, full of hope that a day or two's labour would fill their pockets with the precious metal; and we have heard of a great number who have started without any provision but a blanket and some rude implement to dig with. Such is the intensity of the excitement that people appear almost regardless of their present comfort and think of nothing but gold. Of course all this must end in disap pointment. The wet weather of the last two nights, with the damp ground for a bed, and the teeming clouds for a canopy, will do much towards damping the enthusiasm of numbers. We have the authority of an experienced man in stating that from the im perfect and unsuitable implements used by all who have left for the diggings, coupled with their miser able provision in other respects, success is impossible; that the labour necessary to success is extremely severe, and he ventures, as his opinion, that no more than 3 per cent. will become permanent miners. One of the consequences has been a rapid rise in the price of provisions. Flour, which ranged from 265. to 28s. per 1001 b., has been sold for 455. ; tea, sugar, and almost every other eatable commodity have ad vanced in equal proportion. A large amount of the wheat in the district is in the hands of a few specula tors, who will maintain their hold in the hope of a golden harvest. But for the very extensive supplies now on their way from Sydney, flour would soon be at a famine price, and should a rush take place from below, as may be reasonably expected, it is to be hoped that there are capitalists enough to adventure in one of the safest speculations of the times—the pur chase of flour for the supply of the district. " What assisted very materially to fan the excite ment into a flame was the arrival of a son of Mr. Neale, the brewer, with a piece of pure metal weigh ing eleven ounces, which was purchased by Mr. Austin for 301., who started to Sydney by the fol lowing day's mail with the gold and the news. Since that an old man arrived in town with several pieces in mass, weighing in all from two to three pounds. He also started to Sydney with his prize. Mr. Ken nedy, the manager of the Bathurst Branch of the Union Bank of Australia, visited the diggings on Saturday last in company with Messrs. Hawkins and Green, and each of these gentlemen picked up a small piece of the pure metal; and a few handfuls of the loose earth from the bed of the creek, which were brought home by Mr. Kennedy from motives of cu riosity, have been since assayed by Mr. Korff, from Sydney, and a piece of gold extracted therefrom of the size of a small pea. Besides these we have not heard of any particular instances of success. " On Wednesday morning last Mr. Hargreaves ac companied by Mr. Stutchbury, the Government geo logist, went to the digging!, and with his own hands washed a pan of earth in his presence, from which 21 grains of fine gold were produced. He afterwards washed several baskets of earth, and produced gold therefrom. Mr. Stutchbury hereupon expressed his satisfaction, and immediately furnished him with credentials, which have since been forwarded to Government. The fact of the existence of gold is therefore c l ear l y es t a bli s h e d ; and whatever credit or emolument m a y ar i se therefrom, Mr. Hargraves is certainly the individual to whom it properly belongs. Should Government deem it necessary, as it most probably will, to appoint an inspector, superintendent, or commissioner, over the gold regions, in addition to the fact o f Mr. Hargraves being the discoverer, his practical acquaintance with mining points him out as the most suitable and worthy person for the appoint ee...W. " We have very much more to say, but have not space to say it in. "A Mr. Rudder, an experienced California gold digger, is now at work i n th e di gg i ngs. There are also s everal magistrates plying their picks and cradles most laboriously, but we have not heard with what success. In fact there appears every probability of a complete social revolution in the course of time. Those who are not already departed are making p re . parations. Servants of every description are leaving their various employments, and the employers are, per necessitatent, preparing to follow. But, notwith standing all this, we feel that a reaction will spe e dil y take place. The approach of winter and wet weather will do something towards cooling the ardour of the excited multitude." NATIONAL LAND COMPANY DISSOLVING.—Cre ditors under the order in Chencery for Winding up this coin paPy are to come ill And proe their debts. TUESDAY EVENING, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. 7.1031 THE MORNING PAPERS GF TIIIS DAY. TIMES.—GoId is likely to prove a drug in the market. There has been a fresh discovery of this pre cious metal in New South Wales. Advices recently received from Sydney inform us that gold has been discovered in I,rge quantities at Bathurst, about 150 miles from that place. It does not appear that the report has been set afloat in any loose and unsatisfac tory manner. The news came with all the confirma tion it can receive from the fiat of Government in spectors, and the co-operation of magistrates and leading personages in the colony. We are told that such was the credit attached to the rumour upon the spot that people of all callings and denominations had abandoned their usual business, and hurried cif to the gold dis tricts of Bathurst. Both sexes, all ages, and all pro fessions, h a d b ecome confounded: in the universal appetite for gold. The blacksmiths could not furnish picks fast enough to supply the cupidity or esgerness of the adventurers. The gravest personages were to be seen trotting to the scene of action, their saddle bows laden with domestic implements which might, upon an emergency, be made to serve as mining in struments ; washhand basins, cullenders, tin pots, gar den tools—whatever, in short, cerise first to band, was converted into a rough machine for turning up the soil, or sifting the sand which might be supposed to contain the precious dust. Whatever of exag geration there may be in the thousand rumours that were flying about, there can be no doubt as to the impression and feeling in the colony itself. A blanket, a "damper," and a pickaxe were reckoned an ample outfit for the future millionaire. All the usual avocations of the colonists had been entirely deserted in consequence of the universal and all-absorbing thirst for gold. The question naturally arises—what degree of credit can we, living in England, attach to a report which is likely to exercise so important an influence upon the destinies of mankind ? We knew even before that the soil of Australia was teeming with mineral treasures of every kind. There is no a priori improbability in such a discovery. On the contrary, we should be led to expect, where ether metals were found in so great abundance, that gold and silver formed no exception to the general rule. When we come to look for positive evidence, we find it stated that the son of Mr. Neal, a brewer, had picked up in the Bathurst district a piece of gold weighing eleven ounces, which be had disposed of for 30/. An old man bad found several pieces in masses, the united weight of which amounted to two or three pounds. The manager of the Union Bank of Australia—no mean thority, one should suppose —had met with a success similar in kind, although less in degree. He too had picked up some fragments of the precious metal, and the few handfuls of loose earth he brought back with him from the scene of action had been pro perly manipulated, and from them a piece of gold had been extracted about the size of a pea. The strongest testimony remains behind. In a case of such import ance we need offer no apology for copying here the exact words of our intelligence :—" On Wednesday morning last Mr. Hargraves, accompanied by Mr. Stutchbury, the Government geologist, went to the diggings, and with his own hands washed a pan of earth in his presence, from which 21 grains of fine gold were produced. He afterwards washed several baskets of earth, and produced gold therefrom. Mr. Stutchbury hereupon expressed his satisfaction, and immediately furnished him with credentials, which have since been forwarded to Government." However small the credit we might be disposed to attach to any mere popular impulse, it is undeniable that in the present instance the frenzy of .the colonists has not been without some foundation in sober reason. It is all very well for us, sitting here in judgment upon the impulses of our antipodes, to treat such a report as this with suspicion. Let us ask what our own behaviour would have been had the leading geologists in the mother country certified that scarcely below the surface of the Welch mountains lumps of fine gold were to be had at no greater cost of labour than is in volved in scratching the soil, and sifting the surface earth in our cullenders and washhand-basins ? Ere a week had elapsed, what would have become of a large percentage from the two and a half million in habitants of London ? The wisest and most cautious among us would suddenly have discovered that the mountain air of Wales was peculiarly grateful to the human constitution. Some of us in first-class car riages, some in second —some in no carriages at all— we should all have made our way to the scene of ac tion, and endeavoured to make our fortunes at one bold stroke. There is no inherent improbability in the report. It comes is us confirmed by the strongest po sitive testimony. Australia may yet put California to shame. It is said that from the mountain ranges to an indefinite extent in the interior the region named is one vast gold field. If the expectations of the discoverers should prove true, and the tract of country in the neighbourhood of Bathurst pro duce the expected crop of bullion, the exchanges will ere long be seriously affected, and all the com mercial transactions of mankind respond to the de preciation in the price of gold. We know but of one consideration which might to a certain degree affect the credibility of the report. For the last sixty years —if we are not mistaken—the tract in question has been wandered over by the colonists and their convict servants ; but until the present moment not a syllable has ever been breathed of the neighbourhood of Bathurst as a gold producing region. The ignorance of the settlers and their domestics may, however, be accepted as a sufficient counterpoise against this draw back; and, in the face of positive testimony, we do not know that it should be permitted to turn the balance. Everything must have a beginning; and it would be hard to say that the value of the Mexican or Californian mines has been ushered into notoriety under fairer auspices. There is, however, one thing to be guarded against. The discovery of this Australian gold fielet is the commencement of a popular delusion. It must be remembered that under the most favourable circumstances a very small portion of the adventurers will reap fame or fortune as the result of their enterprise. Almost certain disappointment —if not misery and death— awaits the great bulk of the actual adventurers. As far as mere speculators are concerned, before this re port shall have assumed a definite commercial shape, we solemnly bid them to remember the experience of their predecessors in the South American mines about a quarter of a century ago. Some few men will make large fortunes—the great bulk of the adventurers will lose their time, and probably their lives, in the pur suit of a sudden transition of fortune. Mining ope rations pre. eminently require skill and experience. Without these indispensable qualifications, for one prize there are ninety-nine blanks. These warnings apart, it is impossible to regard the discovery of so vast an amount of gold in Australia otherwise than as one of the most important events of our time. It would seem to be established as a law of modern de velopment, that when it becomes necessary that a race or people must spread, the soil to which they should be tempted is baited with gold. The impulses that knit men to their native country are powerful, but they cannot resist the glitter of actual gold thrown broadcast upon the surface of the earth. ADVERTISER.—Our readers, we doubt not, have their eyes and their thoughts just now stead fastly fixed on the state of matters in Germany and Italy. They will, before long, be repaid for their trouble. They may be so any day, or any hour. Everything is ripe fur a great explosion. The ma terials are ready in both countries for a tremendous outbreak of the pent-up feelings, and suppressed pur poses, of the people. The Germans and Italians re sident in this and other foreign lands do not regard another insurrection as a contingency. It is as much believed in as if it had already taken place. The ques tion is no longer put to themselves, or to others, " Will another revolution come ?" The sole question is— " What ought the people to do when it has occurred ?" Tbis last is a grave question. It is one which ought to be well considered now. It is infinitely more im portant than the question—How shall we most effec tually and moat expeditiously overthrow the existing despotism ? The latter work will be done for them. Their aid is not needed. The Pope in Italy, and Austria and Prussia in Germany, are doing the work in excellent style. It could not be in better bands. Mazzini and Ronge, and their fellow-labourers in the cause of popu lar progress, are poor revolutionists compared with the Governments of the Pope, of Austria, and of Prus sia. The latter will do snore to accelerate the doom of all existing continental tyrannies, in one short hour, than the exiled friends of liberty in Italy and Germany could do in a year. But though matters are so near their consummation in Germany and Italy, that no one need ask himself or his neighbour what they ought to do to hasten the great revolution ary advent, the other question, as to what ought to be done when the coming change has occurred, is one of the most momentous kind, and ought to receive the immediate and best attention of the friends of civil and religious liberty in these unfortunate countries. The character and the worth of the impending revolutions will be entirely dependent on the purposes to which they are turned, after they have taken place. Last time Vienna and Rome lost the benefits of their revolutions eolely because the people of these places bad so entirely fixed their thoughts and aspirations on the way in which the desired changes in the governments of their country could be best achieved, that it never occurred to them what they were to do with the revolution when they had obtained it. When the people of Vienna found that Metternich had vanished, and the Romans learnt that the Pope had escaped from the Vatican in the habiliments of one of his own lacqueys, they fancied, in the simplicity of their souls, that the work had all been done —that the revolution had been consummated—and that it now only remained for them to reap the fruits of their patriotic efforts and sacrifices. Sad experience soon told them a different tale. Many months had not elapsed before they found how much they had deceived themselves. What occurred in Vienna and Rome, soon after the successful revolutions in those cities, we need not now describe, it its known to SEPTEMBER 2 . 1851 It occupies a prominent place in the page of the poli tical history of the last three years. With the pain ful experience of the past so fresh in the memories of German and Italian revolutionists, and myriads of their number being still suffering in their own per sons from the effects of the events which succeeded the risings of 1848, it would indeed ba strange were the friends of popular progress in Germany and Italy not to weigh well, in time, in anticipation of coming convulsions, what they will do when those convulsions have taken place. We are not in their secrets. The precise course of procedure which they have resolved on adopting is, we presume, known only to the few who is all such cases lead the multitude. But we cannot doubt that they have determined on a definite course, end that all their plans for carrying out their views are perfectly matured. The friends of freedom in Germany, whether in Austria or Prussia, have this reflection to invigorate and sustain them, in whatever course they easy have fixed on—that they will not again have to en counter the hostility of those Conservatives who, in 1848, sided with the vanquished monarchs, with the view of prev e nti ng th e excesses to which hey natu rally enough apprehended the triumphant Liberals would carry matters. Men of intelligence and pro perty, both in Austria and Prussia, will now pursue a very different course. The conviction has been forced on them, that German monarchs do not profit from the lessons of experience. And not only so, but that they have no respect for the sacredness of solemn pledges, nor even for the obli ga ti ons o f oaths deliber ately taken.i The sovereigns of Austria and Prussia came under the most explicit and most solemn pledges, to administer the affairs of their respective countries in consonance with constitutional princi ples. And the Conservative portion of their subjects thought, that by so far siding with them as to pre vent the excesses to which the Democratic party were disposed to push matters, they would be in suring the permanent peace and prosperity of their country. They believed that their Governments would in future be conducted on constitutional prin ciples. They have been cruelly deceived. They must feel thoroughly convinced, that no faith is to be placed in their Princes. They are a perfidious race. When, therefore, the impending revolution has been accomplished in Germany—in Austria and Prussia both—the Conservatives will not again iden tify themselves with the upholders of the existing dynasties, but will allow matte: i to 'like their course. They may, and doubtless will, dot ore the extremes to which Democracy, when it has again got the upper hand, may carry matters • but they will deem th a t the least of two evils. They will cherish the hope that any excesses which may attend the earlier days of a new revolution will give way before the more sober reflections even of Democracy ; whereas to re store the existing Governments of Austria and Prussia, even were that possible, would only be to sow the seeds of other revolutions, each proving more terrible than those which preceded it. And with regard to Rome, all we have said with respect to Austria and Prussia applies with equal force to the Roman States. Even in 1848 the Conservatives of Rome could not, by their own efforts, have restored the miserable im becile who fills the Papal chair. It was done by the bayonets of France. France, we may rest satisfied, will not repeat the game of 1848. She heartily re pents of her conduct on that occasion. It only tem porarily served the cause of the Papacy : it has done herself irreparable damage. She will not interpose on behalf of the Roman Pontiff again. When the Pope is got rid of next time, he will be got rid o finally and for ever. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Yesterday 2,4654 10s. was the sum taken at the doors of the building, the number of visitors being 50,238. Singularly enough, the sale of season tickets still continues, and in the diurnal bulletin of receipts 81. 103. figures as realised from that source. The ex pediency of a reduction in the charges of admission is now attracting much attention, and it becomes ob vious that one half-crown day in the week would be sufficient. Some of the authorities still hesitate about the propriety of bringing the price down lower than a shilling under any circumstances ; but when it is considered that a large proportion of the labouring classes in the metropolis have not yet visited the spec tacle which their industry has largely helped ,to create, it is to be hoped that some arrangements may be made for enabling them to gratify their curiosity in this matter. If the workman could be expected to go alone to the Crystal Palace, the present charge would raise no serious obstacle ; but he naturally wishes to bring his family along with him, that they may share in his delight ; and why should he not be indulged in that laudable desire ? At least the ex periment might be tried, and if it does not answer it will be easy to return to the old system. Notwithstanding the short remaining space of time during which the great display is to remain open to the public, additional contributions of great interest and value continue to arrive from abroad. A ship's load from Sweden has just been announced, and will be added to the department of that country in a day or two. Several chef-d' auvres of art, also, have re cently been received, and among them one of sur passing merit by the celebrated Dutch sculptor, Van der Yen, representing the Temptation of Eve. It is placed in the nave, and attracts an immense amount of attention. The treatment of the subject is bold and original, the form of the first woman being deve loped with a freedom, grace, and life-like effect which cannot be too highly praised. It is rarely that so wonderful a specimen of the plastic art is to be seen in this country, and one of its chief excellences is that in its composition there is no trace of that dis position to borrow from the classic styles of antiquity, instead of relying upon nature, which so often de tracts from the merit of modern sculpture. Mr. Spense, an English artist at Rome, has also lately contributed a statue of Burns' " Highland Mary," which is much and justly admired. The Executive Committee still continue to receive numerous appli cations for admission into the British department of the Exhibition, which, however, they always reject. These are made chiefly with the object of obtaining the advantages of patent right secured to exhibitors for a year. Yesterday morning an interesting series of expe riments took place at the west end of the building for the purpose of determining the relative merits of Porter's and Rogers' anchors. The trials made were conducted in the presence of Mr. Lindsay, the well-known shipowner, but no satisfactory conclusion was arrived at, and it was arranged that the Ad miralty should be invited to examine and decide upon a question in which the whole marine of this country is so largely interested. Both the anchors thus brought into competition appear to have a decided superiority over that of Sir William Parker, which is the one chiefly used in the navy. They differ, however, materially from each other i❑ the principles of their construction, the patent of Lieu tenant Rogers having its arms and flukes of a wedge-like shape, while in Porter's patent the arms move upon a pivot in such a way that while one holds on the ground the fluke of the other presses upon the shank, thus increasing the power of re• sistance. The mean temperature during the day, according to the readings of 13ennett's thermometers, was 69 . 6.-111°m/11g Paper. REMARKABLE PHENOMENON. SHIPSTON•ON STOUa.—It is not a little remarkable that a second crop of wheat, which is now in flower, has sprung up in those fields that were either much injured or entirely destroyed, by the late terrible hail-storm. And even in those fields which were mown after the storm, a second crop has sprung up, and appears likely to be ready for the sickle by the latter end of September. In those cases where the first crop was left standing it is considerable, and the farmers are much puzzled in deciding whether the first crop should be sacri ficed to secure the second, or the second to secure the first, as both cannot be secured. It unfortunately happens, in several cases, after the wheat was mown, either the ground was ploughed, or cattle were turned upon it to eat the springing blade. This was done, of course, in ignorance of the extraordinary compensating power of nature in the vege tab:e world, in the case of injury, or apparent destruction.._ Oxford Chronicle. 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The entries and stakes are unparalleled in Scotland for number and value. A large party of nobility are to meet at Eglin ton, exceeding in rank and numbers any who have assem bled here since the world-famed tournament. Among others, his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the Marquis of Waterford, the Marquis of Drogheda, Lord Strathmore, Lord Airlie, Lord Colville, Lord Cardross, Lord Glasgow, Baron Osten, Sir James Boswell, ac., have horses entered for the various events, and are expected to honour the race course with their presence. It must be highly gratifying to the sporting circles in Scotland to see the energy and ability with which the Eglinton races are carried out, showing our friends over the border that, besides sending Scotch horses to win their best stakes, a racecourse and meet can be provided at borne for the gratification of our countrymen rivalling their gayest and most valuable assemblies. There will be six races on the first and second days and five on the third, the latter principally steeplechases.—North British Mail. THE TEA TRADE, SEPT. I.—There was a falling off last week in the London deliveries of about 41,0001 b., compared with the previous week, the quantity being 07512881b.,Y4 1491Y0Yerr i 4 A fa ilyerAge. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. ST. ANDREW'S. The first general meeting of this company was held recently at St. Andrew's . ; Mr.W. Smith in the chair. The report stated that the actual sum subscribed for was 17,1301., leaving yet 3,8701. to he subscribed for in order to make up the capital of 21,000/, An amicable settlement with the proprietors of land along the proposed line was now being proceeded with, and the directors fully anticipated that the line would beformed without having one single lawsuit. The CHAIRMAN stated that an agreement bad been entered into provisionally with the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway Company to work the line fur a period of twenty-five years, the first charge on the receipts being the maintenance of ways and works, the taxes, salaries, wages, and interest of borrowed money, and other expenses ; the second charge will be 41 per cent. on the capital of 25,0001. After these two payments the Edinburgh and Dundee Company will receive at the rate of is. per mile per train for working the traffic, a passenger-train not to exceed five carriages, a mixed train eight carriages, and a mineral train not to exceed ten waggons or trucks, and for any additional number of trucks or carriages a rate proportionally higher to be paid. Any surplus remaining after these payments to be equally divided between the two companies. The business to be conducted under the superintendence of a joint committee. Tae report was adopted, the directors named in the Act were continued in office, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated. COLCHESTER AND STOUR VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday, at Colchester ; Mr. T. L. Ewin in the chair. The secretary read the statement of accounts, from which it appeared that 264,7871. had been received on capital account, and 2C1,8601. expended, leaving a balance of 2,9271., of which 1,9691. was lent to the revenue account. The calls in arrear were stated to amount to 13,9231. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the statement of accounts, apologized for not having pre sented anything in the shape of a report. He assured them that the directors had been endeavouring to bring matters to a settlement. lie trusted the share holders would continue their confidence in the direc tors, and rest assured that they would exert themselves to bring everything to a satisfactory conclusion. As they were connected with the Eastern Union Com pany, they were influenced to a certain extent by the proceedings of that company. Their affairs were at present in the hands of a committee, and the state ment of the capital account had been transmitted to the Eastern Union Company, in order that the lease of the line might be executed as soo❑ as possible. The motion was seconded and adopted, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. , DUNDEE AND PERTH AND ABERDEEN JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday at Dundee; Lord Kinnaird in the chair. The report stated that the receipts for the half-year ' ending July 31, 1851, amounted to 15,1221., and the working expenses and other charges to 6,6761., and ' the interest upon debentures and other debts to 6,0021., leaving a free available balance of 2,4431. Out of this sum the directors propose to pay the dividend of 5 per cent. upon the preferential quarter shares of the com pany. On a comparison of the receipts of the last half-year with those of the corresponding period of the preceding year, it will be found that there is an increase of 1,3551. on the last half-year. The revenue from the traffic on the Newtyle Railway has continued steadily to increase, and there is a surplus of 2901. on the half-year, while the corresponding period of last year showed a deficiency of 5211. The directors have, as authorised by the last general meeting, proceeded with the relaying of the Newtyle line with heavier rails. One half of the line has been relaid, and the other portion is in the course of being contracted for. This alteration was absolutely required from the state of the permanent way, as the rails ori ginally were of very light weight. The directors have every reason to expect a steadily increasing traffic on this line. The Caledonian Railway Company, against whom this company has heavy claims, having introduced an arrangement Bill into Parliament without making special provision for these claims, the directors felt it their imperative duty to oppose the Bill, not certainly with the view of throwing it out, but for the purpose of haring pro tective clauses introduced. The directors succeeded so far in this object, although not to the extent of their demands. The passing of the Caledonian Arrangement Bill, and the lessening of the rates of guaranteed dividends, will restore to a solvent position the affairs of that company, and enable them the better to meet the claims of this company. It now seems absolutely necessary to have the rights of the com pany established in a court of law, and the directors intend to take the requisite steps for this purpose without further delay. The directors have, however, never been averse to an extra judicial adjustment of their claims, as they considered it important to the Caledonian Company, as well Ili this company, that all such claims should be amicably and promptly settled. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was unanimously agreed to, and the proceedings ter minated. SOUTH-EASTERN .RAILWAY.—The number of pas sengers conveyed on this line, to and from the London-bridge terminus, on Saturday, was 16,555, viz. :-8,350 to London, and 8,205 from London. CHRISTIANA AND COPENHAGEN RAlLWAY.—Sur veys are now in progress for the construction of a line between these points, which will have the effect of bringing St. Yetersburgh three days' journey nearer London. THREE PERSONS FOUND DROWNED. —Yesterday morning the body of a female respectably attired in dark muslin dress and satin shawl, was found in the Limehouse Cut, Bromley. The body is that of a woman about 30, fair complexion. It was taken to the Moore's Arms, Bow-com mon. The body of a man, about 35, dressed in blue pilot coat, dark vest and trousers, was found in the Thames, off Upper Ground-street, and taken to Christchurch work house, Blackfriars. The body of a genteel young man, about 25, attired in black Oxonian coat, vest, and trousers, was found in the Regent's Canal, Regent's-park, and taken to Marylebone workhouse. FIRE AT LEEDS.--A cloth-dressing mill belonging to and occupied by ➢lessrs. James Holroyd and Son, cloth finishers, Carlton-hill, Leeds, was completely destroyed by fire on Friday morning last, together with the machinery it contained. The mill was four stories high and 30 yards long. The fire, which was discovered at half-past one o'clock in the morning, is supposed to have commenced in a small fire-proof building used for drying what are called gig -rods, on which teazles are placed, but the cause which led to it is unascertained. The building was insured in the Leeds and Yorkshire-office for 1,6001., but the machinery was not in sured. A fireman named John Coupland was seriously hurt on his head and one of his legs by the falling of part of au outer wall of the mill. SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY .-011 Satur day afternoon Mr. Elmy and Mr. Cartwright, officers of inland revenue, proceeded to a house, No. 2, Green Dragon alley, Limehouse, and succeeded in obtaining an entrance at the back by climbing over a high wall. In the back room they found a private distillery, the still having all the ap pearance of recent working, with a quantity of utensils, molasses, fermented wash, prepared spirits, &c. The whole of the fittings were on a large scale, and, by keeping the still at full work, it was calculated to defraud the revenue of duty to the amount of 1401. per week. A portion of the flooring had been loosened, which was removed as occasion required, and a hole was dug, into which the waste wash was thrown, to be absorbed by the earth. The still did not appear as if it had been many months erected. The officers found a little girl in the house, who had evidently been most artfully instructed, for she professed not to know her father's name or her own, nor did she know, she said, that they ever had a name. The still and apparatus were conveyed to the warehouses in Broad-street. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—Captain Lord Edward Russell, of the Vengeance, lost a large sum of money last week, but whether accidently or by robbery is not very clear. His Lordship started fepm London on Wednesday evening, with bank bills to the amount of .5001., and Bank of England notes to the amount of 1401. He came down via Brighton, where he stopped some time, and then came on to Portsmouth, and it was not until mid-day on Thursday that he discovered he was minus the bank-notes. The advices from America indicate a rather more satisfactory condition of the money market. A few failures had taken place, but all them were insignificant. The wreck of the steamer Union, four days after leaving San Francisco, with 300,0 A/. in gold, of which only 45,0001. appears to have been saved, will probably cause some loss to the Lon don offices. The Union, be believe, was a small vessel of 560 tons. The course of exchange at New York on London, for hills at 60 days' sight, is 110 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.42 per cent. in favour of England; and after making allowance for difference of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves scarcely any profit on the importation of gold from the United States. Sir John H. Maxwell, Bart., R.N., has announced his intention of offering himself as a candidate to represent the borough of Harwich, now vacant. Sir John is a Con servative. We understand that another candidate is forth coming in the Liberal interest, and that the Re;ormers of Harwich are prepared to give Sir John a warm reception...— Portsmouth Times. THE BRITISH. FRIGATE HUSSAR.—A company who have been long making arrangements to break up the wreck of this vessel, sunk in 75 feet of water about one mile and a half east of Hurl Gate, November 14, 1780, have at length commenced operations. We learn from the Westchester Gazette, that on Wednesday last, the sth inst., the divers commenced work. About eleven o'clock operations were commenced by encasing the person intending to dive in the sub-marine armour, which is a complete suit of indiarubber, with copper headpiece, and glass in front to see through, This connects, by means of a pipe, with an air-pump, through which the air is forced in, and the impure air escapes by a valve at the bottom. Taking in one hand the signal line, and in the other the rope by which to make fast any object with which he might come in contact, the diver was hoisted over the side of the boat and let down to the bottom. The object was immediately hauled upon, but, snaking too strong a resistance for the rope, the diver was obliged to descend with a larger one and make it fast again. This time it was drawn to the surface, and found to be a portion of the old ship. At three minutes before twelve the diver again descended, and remained at the bottom fourteen minutes. When he again ascended ho had in his band a bottle, a shoe-last of rather ancient style, and a small block used in rigging vessels. Upon drawing up what he bad secured, it was found to be another portion of the wreck, and was placed in a scow alongside. A few days since a diver recovered from the wreck a plate made of pew ter, or some other metal, with th e name o f t h e owner, " J. Butler, 1778," legibly marked on the bottom of it; also the English coat-of-arms in two places, with the name of " Thomas," and " Townsend, Church-st." TLese are cer tainly curiosities, and have lain imbedded in the bottom of the river 71 years.—New York Express. INLAND REVENUE OFFICE.—The unsightly side of Wellington-street, in the Strand, that part of the street im mediately leading to Waterloo-bridge, is about to be built over b ✓ y Government, a s a new office for the Inland Revenue, as the Excise and Stamps and Taxes have been called since their recent consolidation. It is the intention of the ar chitect employed (Mr. Pennethorne) to carry out the design and architectural character of Somerset House—to work, in short, as far as line, and rule, and spirit will allow him, in the style of Sir William Chambers. When this addi tional wing to Somerset House is completed, the Excise office in Old Broad-street will be sold by auction, and the money carried to the credit of the public. This change will, it is said, simplify materially the system of stamping news papers, so that a great public improvement, as far as the eye is concerned, will be united with importaut convenience's to that fourth estate, the proprietors of newspapers.-4thenerum. CHANGES IN THE INLAND REVENUE DEPART mENT. —A variety of changes have just taken place in the Excise branch of the Inland R evenue D e partment. The whole of the solicitors' off ices , w i t h the c l er k s and other by at tached thereto, have ben removed to S om erset House; which means the enti re management o f the lega l }blu si n g eee of the Inland Revenu e w ill b e concentra ted in one establish ment, and not divided, as has been thecae.s in amal gamation of the St amps an d Taxessce the departments. Several the receivers of th e m i nor t ax es in the Stamps and Taxes in Broad-street, will occupy th e pl ace vaca t e d in the office and the whol e o f th e l ega l businessw and assistant-solicitor t o ill be conducted by M r . Timm and Mr. Til se y, as solicitor the joint d epartment . Dr. Batetnan' • assistant-secretary - of other arrange the Excise branch, we hear, will retire ; and ments are in contemplation for reducing the charges of this establishment. The detect ive staff has also been reduced ; but this appears a very a nomalous movement, w h en it is luxuries s present time as ever it did under the of life, has been proved to exist to as considered that adulteration in nearly all the exciseable t s s e tt e r i extentes, great most careful supervision. Lord Cran worth and _ Vice-Chancellor Knight 1 aye been appointed judges of appeal, the latter h Bruce 1 or l u a x t in the House of Lords. Sir W. Pa W wit a seat page pod and Mr. J. j Parker are to to become Vice-Chancellors. A. va is thus created in the post of Solicitor- cancy General._ Paper. ____ - - MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY or 150/.---The large sum of 1,50/. was stolen from the house of a respectable artizan in this town, on Sunday night, in a most mysterious manner. The sufferer is Mr. Isaac Marriot, rnoulder, 74, Garden street. He also keeps a small provision shop. Mr. Marriott, himself a thrifty man, is the fortunate possessor of that jewel above all price, a careful and thrifty wife. Unknown W him she had saved a considerable sum of money, which she deposited in the savings bank; but the late defalcations con nected with those institutions had shaken her confidence in the safety of the bank. She accordingly took the money r into her own safe keeping. Well, women have clt e w7 ways, and she seems to have hit uron a novel way of is x co er i. ins money. The garret of the house, it apfiesars room was verted into a miscellaneous store-room. a case of bacon, and between the aides of the bacon one hundred the chaff, she deposited her hard earnings—one than Saturday last sovereigns, and ten el. notes. Not Litermorning she dis covered had added to the stock. On Mondayad blacon amongst There are some facts, covered that the hoarded treasure h what means it is a perfect mystery surmise. The garret is however, which may help to .. l ons, and the window not been stolen. By overlooked by a number of wo e rl , ~tpilgrimages to the shrine of her observed in her ott-repeated certain : that the thief knew Two things beirg protected by a blind, th devotions. are it is gone. Nothing was thrifty wife may have been and t ha tit . where the money vas, but the money, con. —Sheffield have saved their ba taken away that they for thankfulness t so that is after all a matter Times, SUTTON HArtnourit IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.—... The half-yearly meeting of this company was h e ld on W e dnesday last, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth, f or t h e purpose of transacting the ordinary business. Mr. William Belay Hanker, the chairman of directors, presided. A dividend of lss. per cent. fer the current six weeks was .11 AL L-R0 0 _lf OF IRON FOR BALIIIORAL. Having received an invitation to view an i ron edifice which has been erected for his. Royal thgbn ess Prince Albert by Messrs. Edward T. Belihouse and 4 moo., erigi nears, of Manchester, we proceeded on Fri( lay to the Eagle Foundry, where the structure was to be seen. Be fore giving our readers an account of the edifice itself, we may notice the gratifying eeture of the fece that this order hes been given in CCIISEqUVOCe of a medal which was exhibited among the contributions of the firm at the Exoosition. We understand that this structure is in tended to be used as an addition to the accost modation fur entertainments at Balmoral. The principel particu lars of the iron ball-room are as follows: —Length, 60 feet; width, 24 feet; height to caves, 10 feet; eo peak of roof, 17 feet. Cast-iron pilasters, about 10 inches broad, with panelled shaft and foliated capital s , are fi rmly bolted on a wood foundation, at intervals of about 8 feet apart. Between these, and secured to them, are the side plates, the corrugations running horizontally, and spaces being cut out for the admission of window and door-frames. Tho bottom plates are secured to cast-iron moulded base-plates fixed to the wood foundations. Upon the top of the side pilasters andioverhangiag them several inches, aro the gutters, also o f cast i ron; these form a neat fini sh to the sides. Tho roof is formed of six wrought-iron prin cipal,, firmly bolted to the tops of the corresponding pilasters on each side of the house. The roof plates, the corrugations of which run vertically, are bolted to cross-bars of angle iron running between the principals; the bottoms of the plates dip into the gutters and are bolted to them. The ends of the structure are orna mented with barge castings and finials at the peaks. Tho upper part of the ridge plates has a cast-iron ornament running along which gives a pleasing finish to the roof. A ventilating shaft rises from the centre of the roof, furnished with a flap valve for the emission of heated air. This valve is opened or shut from the interior of the room by m eans o f a rope, w hi c h passes over pulleys. Tho room t the is lighted by four windows at the f ront and four a back, all of which open as French casements. There are two entrance doors, one in the centre of the front and one in the end of the edifice. These doors are handsomely moulded and panelled, and are surmounted by castings of the royal arms, which form an appro priate ornament. The general effect of the edifice ex ternally is most satisfactory in point of design, and the constructive arrangements are praiseworthy.—Man. cheater Examiner. OPENING OF THE TONBRIDGE WELLS AND HASTINGS LINE. The larger portion of this railway from Tonbridge Wells to liobertsbridge, a length of 15i miles, was opened to the public yesterday, and the remainder of the line is expected to be opened for public traffic before the end of the present year. The line forms an extension of the Tonbridge Wells branch of the South-Eastern Railway, which commences with a junction with the main line near Tonbridge Town, and terminates in the centre of 1 Tonbridie Wells. _ _ The country through which the line passes is suffi ciently known, from its picturesque character, pro duced by lofty and extensive ridges of hills, which, however interesting to the tourist, were considered by several eminent engineers to render it impracticable to construct a railway to Hastings in the district traversed by the existing main turnpike road, which is the most direct course ; nevertheless the railway as a double line will (we are informed) be executed for considerably under 20,0001. per mile, the Parliamen tary estimate of the engineer, Mr. P. W. Barlow, F. 8.5., who originally projected and has executed the work. There is no doubt that had such a result been con sidered practicable before the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings line was projected, Parliament would, the first in first instance, have sanctioned this line as the natural route to Hastings ; and it is probable that the Brighton Company's line to Hastings would not h ave been carried out, and the South-Easte rn _ Company e would have possessed, as th e y always had done, the Hastings traffic without competition. The portion recently opened commences at the n Tonbridge Wells stati on , w hi c h li es in the of the natural amphitheatre or b as i n in which the town is situated ; and it is, consequently, necessarily ap proached in each direction by a tunnel which passes under the town; the first work we have to notice in the new portion is, therefore, a tunnel which passes under "The Grove," and is 300 yards in length. The line then takes a south-easterly direction, in order to pass the Frant ridge of hills, by the pass at Bell's Yew-green, where a station has been erected for Frant and Bayham Abbey., The line then diverges to the west, and follows the side of a valley or ravine which leads to the Wad burst ridge, and is met by a similar ravine on the op posite side, so that by the selection of this course a tunnel of 1,200 yards is rendered sufficient to pass this extensive ridge. The station for the town of Wadhurst is situate about a quarter of a mile on the north side of Wad burst tunnel. The line after leaving Wadburst tunnel, 5,1- miles from Tonbridge Wells, again takes a south-easterly direction, following the valley of a branch of the river. Rother to the town of Robertsbridge; and passing, in the distance, near the towns of Ticentirst, Burwash, Etchingham, Hawkhurst, Brightling, &c., for which stations have been provided at Witherinden and Etchingham. The station at Robertsbridge is situated conveni niently within a quarter of a mile of the town, and 10i miles from the terminus at Hastings. It is deserving of notice that the permanent way of this branch is laid with iron sleepers, instead of the ordinary wooden sleepers—a system which i s now adopted on several railways ftom its durability and economy, and is likely to come into general use. —Morning Paper. SUDDEN DEATH OF AN OFFICER Or THE BRITISH MUSEUM. —Yesterday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the Museum Tavern, on the body of Mr. Cha r l es K onig, many y ear s keeper of the mineralogical department of the British Museum. It appeared that the deceased gentl eman, who had attained the age of 78 years, was walking down Mu seum-street on Friday evening last, when he suddenly fell, and in a few minutes expired. The ineJical evidence referred the stroke to extravasation of blood on the brain, and a ver dict of Natural Death was returned. GOOD PRICE FOR A SALMON. —.The splendid salmon which was caught near the mouth of the Deveron on the 11th inst., weighing 531b5., was disposed of in London at 2s. 6d. per lb., amounting to 6/. 13s. 6d.—a sum greater than would purchase at the present time a good Highland ox.— Banffshire Journal, _ _