The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-26 00:00:00

CORN AVERAGES, GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN roz the Week ended Sept. 19. 1850, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns in Englund and Wales per Imperial Quarter. 1 I WHEAT. PURLEY., OATS. J RYE. I BEANS. PEA). PkICE .. I 423 7d 1 24, 10,1 I7s Id 2 , :s 41 1 293 5d 1293 51 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. VBEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. BYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. IS Oa Is Od is Od Is Od I Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GIIAIN . SOLD IN TILE PAST WEEK. Wheat, 103,150; Bark..., 6,208 ; Oats, 15,675 ; Eye, 797 ; Beans, 4,C48; Peas, 1,09 quarters. MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY. ASSAULT ON THE POLICE BY A LICENSED VIC TUALLER. —Mr. Win. Davis, a licensed victualler residing at No. 9, Old-street-road, was brought before Mr. Hard wick, charged with assaulting the police while in the executi , ,n of their duty. Johncock, A 304, stated that about half-past ten last night he was en duty in the Haymatket, when he saw 'four prostitutes in convi rsation together. He crossed ever the toad and suit them away. Just as they left the prisoner, who he bad net seen heore, came up to him an I struck him a viulent blow on his chest, and knocked him backwards some three or four yards. The prisoner then tad, What do you mean by insulting • my wife? "and before witness could reply the defendant struck him again several times. At this juncture another constable cams to his assistance, and, after a severe struggle, the defendant was lodged in the station. Ob:y, A 299, said he saw the last witness straggling With the prisoner, and on asking what it was all about ~t he detendant instantly struck him on the breast and knocked him against the shutters. After the prisoner was secured he threatened to mark witness, and give him such a muzzling as he never had in his life, and that he should just like to have a five minutes' turn with kiln or any other constable. The defendant was exceed ingly violent when at the police-station. Mr. Dancombe, who appeared for the defendant,cross• *Xamined the constables at some length, but elicited Authing to shake their evideece in the least. The Learned Geetleumn, on behalf of his client, said that last night he (defendant) had been to the Haymarket Theatre with Lis w!fe, and as they were on their way home, defendant had occasion to leave her for a few seconds, and on his return ho was informed that she had been grossly in• suited by the first witness. The defendant naturally felt inch annoyed at thiS, and on going up and expostulating With the constable, the latter took him into custody and dragged him to the station like a felon. He (Mr. Dun eombe) was extremely sorry that Mrs. Davis was not able to attend and ex-plain the matter further, but if the ease was adjourned to a future day he had no doubt she Would he iu attendance. The constables stoutly denied speaking to the de fendant's wife at all. .Mr; HARDWICK was of opinion that the charge ought to be further investigated, and directed the defendant to into his own le3ognizances to appear this % my ek. • - CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) .Santuel Horsley, driver of the cab No. 1,775, with the adge No. 1,828, appeared on a summons before Mr. 9'rwhit - , charged under the New Metropolitan Car nage Act, with leaving his cab at night on the stand t Ulattended to. Stafford, A 431, stated that, on the morning u r , Thursday last, at half-past one , being on duty in , 6 ` 4 t ___ o Bwell-street, he observed an elderly respectable female v 'uL L ding a t the corner of Old-street and calling for a 1:0, fur several minutes, without any answer being ri . 4ll e from the stand, which was directly opposite. t here went up to the stand, and found that t rere were three cabs in waiting, ,but not ono I :Yer, nor the waterman nor any person in care. The 13 7.1? went on. in the meantime his inspector came up, t il d on hearing the case went round to the coffee-shops, d tll returning without having seen anyt hin g of the ,srlvt:rs or watermen, he. directed witness to wait the re ;1.14 At two o'clock the three drivers ca me to their t i B , and in reply to his questions stoutly asserted that Y ead not been five minutes away. fake defendant said the statement of the officer was t ~ 'r, TY/tWHITT considered the case prove d. It was t 1,;4° 'prectice of men like the defendant to kee p out of the 4 :t of respectable people who want cabs at that time of 11 „Jett, because the drivers prefer to wat ch for drunken rt.ons of whom they cen take advantag e . Thus the i 3 l:ectable portion of the public was put to considerable "g w eleavenience. As this appeared to be a first offence, he ° 4 li.d sentence the defendant only to pay five shi l li n g 4 the costs, or in default to be imprisoned seven dap. other men appeared to summonses on the same trge, and were also convicted and fined. EAST INDIA HOUSE. SHAVEY S OF ROADS IN INDIA. Akt the cloie of the proceedings of the Court of IP'''. India proprietors, held yester da y , Colonel Ir3rinson submitted the following reso lutions : . That the Court of Directors be requested to have / /t E Pared and laid upon the table, in the proprietors' the following papers:— 1) '`Schedule of those collectorates u nder the Bomb ay laiden c y, of which there exist either the original *...": t eYs or a c-similes thereof i n p rint, in view to the 'list possible publication of those valuable documents 31 e most convenient form , as in the case of the () Nnance Survey of England, and of a like publication cl ine whole of the Madras, and of a large portion of Bomb vel om , oay Presidencies, and in sub stitution of the Y meagre and inaccurate maps alone p rocurable at / of the scientific institutions or mapsellers throughout 4- Idon. t ' Schedul e of th e made roads, excepting t hose of the to:118 and the c i v il and military station s, throu g hout h collectorate of the Bombay Presi denc y , specifying the it l engt h s an d genera l w idths, such cf them as are 0r tailed and b r id ge d, such as are metalle d onl y , and s tl He which are constructed of moorum , o r a like soft 1 erla er also the obstructions from imp erfect drainage ,t dangerous: clivities to which the tran sit or merchan t - along them is zubject." ' Clie Hon. CHAIRMAN, before proceeding with the 41',-tir next for consideration, begged leave to assure L i • , Court that no one could be more anxious than of rtsE ' lf and colleagues to afford the p ublic the benefit t the survey s so l ong ago made of a considerable por t;(4l timely publicity ,to which had bee n in g reat zu t ; e asure occasioned by a less perfect tr ian g ulation for t ) 1 n,necting them with the gre at survey of India than t, ' „ tu been subsequently deemed necessary ; while the er information moved for, and so necessary for re "ing all doubts as to the na ture of our prin ci p al 1 , c, ll nununications throughout the Bombay Presidency, litth yn course of preparation fur being laid before the Colonel DICKINSON—by w hom the motion w hich c ited these observations had been brought forward -,was glad to hail such a cordial declaration from the unirm an ias an earnest that it would n ot be for want lvt nterest, or any exertions on his part, if the public much longer debarred access to those copiousand i _ s lerly executed surveys which h e had reason tbe k u now had, a generation ago, been comp leted, though ita much feared that with so limited an establi.hment tlt ,that permanently entertained for pr e p arin g such 'cements for the press, the expectations held out II the Ch a i rman cou ld ne t in any reason timeCaenbe realized—in support of which tl i4rncfing view of the case he would mer el y observe k i in 1840 it was a nn ounced to the publi c, from a 7 authentic source, that sheet 57 of the Indian o t containing a portion of the Shelapore collecto • he resy would in th e cou r s e of that year be pu blished, it is to thi s day a blank . on the d . Colonel Dickinson was al so desirous attention to the fact, that in t he three ets already published of the blalabar province mention is made of the names of scar c e l y an y al for t _,lle principal rivers, nor is any expla nation t g ur g ed for enabling the man of business or ,1 ni si to j u d ge o t the nature of the p ublic Every% here laid down—in all which c'uctilluation he expressed a confident hope i,t the, m forthcomingmaps of the Bombay Presidenc y 1 .. IQ not b a found wanting. With these few obser -114t1" he could, in deference to the wishe s ex p ressed the Honourable Chairman, have no o b j ection to e withdrawal of his motion. s w Y,ELANCTIOLIe ACCIDENT.—YRsterday an inquest held at the Engineer Tavern, Gloucester-road, Camden 11%' on the bod y of Mr. C harles Baker, aged 39, a master rider, residing at 35, Gloucester-road Villas. The deceased ~,,71 8 111j ect to an overflow of blood to the head, and on Sa ale 2Y last he complained of severa pains in his temples. L 'Yent home between six and seven o'cloc`r, and knocked ihfront door. On his wife going to open the street door, Fr ont c ard a heavy fall, and found the deceased lying in the , a rea, underneath an opening in the portico, through t e d the deceased must have' fallen backwards. lie was heti! insensible, and, on the arrival of Mr. Weston, the emi e, surgeon, t 11)3 skull was found to be iracturod. Every ' 0 rh• Ica surgical skill could devise was tried in vain Ni.erdlis_Lelief, and he died in about eight hours afterwards. , " " Accidental death." Samuel a : , 4 , ° . ( 13 r./CTION AND SUICIDE. —A man named 81,: n ." , formerly a baker in Spalding, took a quantity of You l i t T ° ,l Thursday last, and from the largeness of th ne e_d ef.. ltiCt'thng Was produced, bUt the poison had taken s h 144 _ at death ensued on Sunday morning. wretched Ik te g k il arl seduced his own daughter, a young girl following tL e dultsiness of a dressmaker. The girl being enciente, led the abli9 l2°ve TY , and the inhuman father, unable to face t th e e lack 4 3' of his atrocity, has added the crime of suicide to 1,140 lately fearful crime cf seuction, Seaton was the man 'tf war t F l .Y made an attempt to perform the Herculean task _ ( Pr l ' i ng 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours, which he abandoned 4.t e , w . a a i nt of patronage, at;.er about afortnight's trial.—Boston cl. Dist+ . 0 00 , - ATCR IN BUSINESS.—The New York Dry 3 ." 5 &potter gives the following instancs of quickness of iness t ransactions . b2tween Europe and e lfew York :—" A . x 7 ;i 4 kci , J . ° rd manufacturer sent goods from his warehouse, vu2 kal, ;:Pei wad en boar d theiverpol, on the l9th of August, they were IN'd o steamer Atlantic on the 21 st, arrived in -IYork on Sunday, the Ist of September, were sold by e card on Monday the 2d, delivered on Tuesda3:, the %I lid a Nketch of the same returned by the steamer Europa th e, ch left Boston on Wednesday, the 4th inst. Allowing Ri os s : ) eatrier an average run, the consigner will be in posses th,,4cit tie result of the shipment in twenty-seven days from 1 0 LI ate of consignment , a shorter space of time than would ttt : ;,,, 1 ,7 to elapse between the giving of an order and re ri ° I goods from an American manufacturer." LATE ACCIDENT ON TUE GREAT WESTERN tomplavAx.—The directors have ordered the officers of this qtary 9 3. to institute a still further end more searching in- L into the cause of the late accident at Wootton Bassett. %teal, v ,, E L ll , Poor. WEDNESDAY.--The United States blor i l '"P Atlantie, ' pta . West, left the Mersey this I°")'l.)llan,3g4einbcreNrse.w York, a with in the Itm mails. She had about THE SUN, MEXICAN BONDHOLDERS. Culone: Facie) has, by order of Isis Government, com muniene 1 to the Committee of Mexican Bondholders the following cerrespendence (Translation.) " )(Lexie.), Mugu t 6, 1850. " Messrs. Manning and Mackintosle " Gentlemen,—A few days before the departure of the packet last month, I addressed you offic'ally, by order of the President, inquiring if you had remitted to England the. amounts proceeding from that part of the tobacco revenue belonging to the Government which is allotted to the payment of dividends, and which had been paid over to you. As you have not been pleased to return any reply to that queetion, I have now, by the express order ut his Excellency, to request a plain and catego rical answer from you whether or not you have for warded the said funds to England? In case they have no: yet been sent, the President desires me to tell you that it absolutely must be done by the next English packet. "The Government which makes sacrifices to main tain its credit, and keeps its ( fficials starving rather than touch the funds which have been assigned for the payment of the external and domestic debt, has an un doeb;ed right to watch over and to adopt all the neces sary measures, that these sacrifices should have the de sired result. "You will reply as tray be advised within three days, and understand that, if you fail to do so, such proceed ings as the case may rt quire will be adopted. God and liberty. (Signed) " PAYNO." • " Mexico, August 9, 1850. " Excellent Sir,—We have the honour to reply to the letter of your Excellency, of the 6:h instant, in which you ark us if we have remitted to England, for the bondholders, that portion of the tobacco revenue which we have received for that purpose. We beg to observe that, on the sth article of the convention of the Bth of July, 1849, concluded between Senor Don Francisco Arrangoiz and Mr. W. P. Robertson, it is stipulated that the funds which the resident Mexican agent of the bondholders receive for the payment of dividends t emain, from the moment that the agents give their receipt for them, for the account and at the risk of the bondholders. This article was framed for the pro tection of the Government sgainst any responsibility, and at the same time in order to leave us at liberty to pass to our credit or debit in our account with the bond holders the entries which we consider just.. According to this convention cf the Bth July, 1849, we alone, there fore, are responsible for the sums which we have re ceived, and having given cur receipt for them, which for ever covers the Government of the nation against any responsibility, these Sums now belong to our account with the bondholders. " Wo beg to assure your Excellency of our considera tion and respect. (Signed) " MANNING and MACKINTOSH. " His Excellency the Secretary of State for the Department of Finance." "From this day you will suspend all further pay ments of funds which you have hitherto made to the house of Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, for trans mission to the bondholders in England. hi future you will, with the concurrence of the comptroller, remit every week all funds collected, however insignificant they may be, to the board of directors of the Aca demy of San Carlos, who are instructed to forward them to London by the monthly packets. "By order of his Excellency the President, I com municate this to ,you, with the assurance of my consi deration. Gcd and liberty. (Signed) " PAYNO. " The Administrator 'of the Tobacco Revenue. .‘ Mexico, Aug. 6, 1850." "Mexico, April 8, 1850. " Excellent Sir,—We arc in receipt of the dispatch of your Excel!eacy of the Ist inst., accompanied by a copy of the account of the contract coucludel by us with the Supreme Government, under date of March 5, 1846, and of matters arising out of it. " We beg at:once to observe t o y our Excellenc y that we do not agree to our being debited with 670,902 dolls. as the amount of tie cotton licences, because this matter has been definitely disposed of by the 6th article of the convention concluded on the 6th of July last between his Excellency the Minister of Finance, Senor Don Fran cisco Arrengeiz, and Mr. W. P. Robertson, which is to the fallowing effect, viz : Art. 6. The. permission to import raw cotton which the Gaverninent gave to the creditors on the 19th of July, 1847, valued at 680,000 dolls., being in pey merit of sums which belonged to the m an were taken from the maritime customs of Vera Cruz and Tampico, re mains &finitely for the account of the creditors, what ever may be the loss at which they may realise it.' " With respect to the other items of the said account. we shall examine them, and advise your Excellency whether they agree with our books. " We beg to renew to your Excellency the assurances of our consideration and distinguished regard. "God and liberty. "MANNING and MACKINTOSH. "Isis Excellency the Secretary of State for the Department of France." " Mexico, April 15, 1850. "Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, " Gentlemen,—With reference to the account ren dered by the general Treasury of the agreements en tered into with you on the sth March, 1846; the 20th July, 1847; and 20th June, 1848, which account, by order of his Excellency the President, I transmitted to you with my letter of the Ist instant, you state, in reply, that you disagree at once t o bein g charged with the 679,902 dolls. for the cotton licences which were transferred to you, in conformity with the sth article of the agreement of the 20th Jury, 1847, in reimbursement of amounts collected at the maritime custom-houses, intended for the payment of dividends, but stopped in virtue of the decree of the 2d alay, 1846. You found this objection on the 6th article of the con vention of 6th July, 1849, concluded between Senor Don Francisco Arrangoiz and Mr. W. P. Robert Lon, which says that the said licences shall thfinitively remain for account of the bondholders at whatever loss they may eventually be realised; but t ou rs ave forgotten that this convention i s not y ified by the two parties in whose name it was concluded, viz, by the Congress, and by the committee of bondholders of the foreign debt of the Republic; and that in the mean while you alone are responsible for the property in ques tion. That being the case, and the supreme Government having always the right to inquire, in order to provide the needful respecting the distribution of the property of the nation, his Excellency the President desires me to say that it is necessary that you should state, whether or not, you have realised, wholly or in part, the said licences; and in case it should have' been done, how it has been realised, and what has been done, or what you intend to do, with the proceeds. " All which I have to say to you by order of his Ex cellency the President, in order that the needful may be done. " God and liberty. " °CAMPO." (Signed) LONDON, able statements represented the average daily earnings of each individual not to exc€ed 5 dolls. This year, in the statements of a similar character, the amount is represented to be between G dolls. and 10 dolls.; while the unusual height of the waters is described as a serious drawback. If with the next increase of population there is to be a like in crease in individual results, the prospect will indeed be an extraordinary one —and it would almost seem that something like a feeling to that effect exists among the present it habitants from the eagerness with which every report of a swarm of new-comers is received. But even in the face of all these circumstances, it is something apart from the gold-finding that demands the chief attention both of the practical merchant and of the philosopher. Although, as far as the mines are concerned, we must keep our eyes open for extraordinary events, still these events are beyond the power of certain calculation either one way or the other. The probable continuance or iu crease of the supply is a matter of opinion upon which each person must be left to his own specula tions. The momentous fact, which nothing can now do away with, is, that 300,000 or 400,000 Anglo- Saxons are settling themselves on the shores of the Pacific. A new world is before them. They look across to China, Japan, and all the riches of the Indian Seas, and the use they will make of their opportuni ties may be best inferred from what they have already accomplished, and from the known aspirations which the people of the United States hare so long directed towards that region. Already the presence of a large number of Chinese is a distinctive feature of the po pulation of San Francisco, and already the Sand wich Islands, Australia, and Southern and Central America have been called into a new life from the traffic that has been established. The prophecy of Humboldt, that the activity of commerce would be carried progressively from east to west, is rapidly in process of fulfilment. At present, how ever, there are few signs that even this fact is appre ciated in Europe, and the thing to be apprehended is, that when in the course of a few years the success arising from it shall have led to excitement, our people, Rho are regardless of it now, will then rush furiously to overdo what should have been done mo derately and deliberately from the first. It is to pre vent foolish extremes of this sort that every endeavour should be made to familiarise the public with the con templation of the change that is coming on, and to induce the spirit of enterprise to adjust itself to the new order of things while it can rationally and pro fitably do so, instead of waiting to regain by a sudden and destructive rush the opportunities that will have been lost through inattentiou.—Timer' City Article. COUNTY COURT ABUSES. FRAUDS UPON TRADESMEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlB,—Relying upon your well-known impartiality, strict sense of justice, and your fearless exposures of fraud in its various hues, I trust you will insert the following. I am a beerseller, and upon the'evening of Satur day, July 27, three men came to‘the bar of my house and called for a pint of ale, for which one of them tendered a sovereign. My wife, who was serving at the time, gave change (less the amount for the ale), viz., one half sovereign, three 1121 f-crowns, two shillings, and some halfpence. After remaining up wards of half an hour, the one with the change went out, returned, gave my wife a half-crown, wishing for smaller change; she saw at once it was counter feit and refused it ; an altercation ensued, and they all left. The sequel is, I was summoned to the County Court, Duncan-terrace, for the 2s. 61 I appeared this morning, and although I produced a witness, a respectable person, who was standing at my door sheltering himself from the rain, and who proved that he saw this very man cross the road, speak to another man, re-enter my house, and then tender the spurious coin, yet the judge decided against me, and I have been ordered to repay the 23. 6d, thus giving the 11. 2s. GI. for 1/., besides expenses, to say nothing of my loss of time. Surely, Sir, there must be some redress for this, or there is no protection for tradesmen. Perhaps some of your numerous correspondents can point out a remedy. I forgot to state that this man swore he received the sovereign in Sr. Paul's Church-yard, and though a pouring wet night my house was the first he came to, although a mite distant, to get change to pay his man.—l remain, Sir, an old subscriber, G. MAXWELL. Old-street, St. Luke's, Sept. 25, 1850. _ _ [The law does not give any appeal against the de cisicn of the County Court in such a case, and the euitors are entirely at the mercy of the judge, how ever stupid, unreasonable, or prejudiced he may ED. Sun.] CAXTON'S "PROOF SHEET."—Mr. Welker, of Mar garet-street, Cavendish-square, has just completed an en graving, of the mixed class, of Mr. J. E. Doyle's painting of Caxton submitting his first proof-sheet to John Esteney, the abbott of Westminster,. in 1477. The character of the subject is imposing, and the execution of the engraving is highly satisfactory. The scene is laid within the precincts of Westminster Abbey, which it is generally admitted was the place where the clerical authorities of the time allowed the erection of the first English printing press. In the centre stands the press itself, being a transcript of the one found on the title-page of a book printed by Jodocus Baaius Ascensianus, a contemporary of Caxton. At the case behind is Wynkyn de Worde, the assistant and successor of Caxton. On the left, in front, sits John Esteney, the abbot of Westminster, to whom the first Eng lish printer, Caxton, and the author, Earl Rivers, are sub mitting a proof-sheet of the "Dictes and Sayinges of the Philosophers," the first work which bears a date, and which the Earl had translated for the use of his nephew and pupil, the young Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward V. It is gratifying to observe that, after a lapse of nearly four centuries, public opinion is being directed to commemorate the introduction of Caxton's art. Painters and sculptors are competing for the honour of perpetuating his great achieve ment, and in the contest for distinction the printer and en graver of the present work will take a foremost place.. Suspicious CASE.—An Italian, who is in exile in France, for the active part he took in the insurrection of Rome, has just been arrested under very singular circum stances. A few days ago a banking-house of the quarter Feydeau received from a correspondent at Rome directions to pay a sum of about 400 f. to a Count de P—. Two days after a person presented himself, and stated that he was the Count; he was almost blind, and was led by one of his friends. He was called on to prove his identity, which he did by producing his passport; he was then asked for his letter of credit, but he said that he had mislaid it: He added that he was to leave the same day fur the south to be treated for his eye-sight, and he asked the banker as a fa vour to spare him the loss of time which the necessity of demanding a new letter of credit would occasion. The man seemed so respectable, and his passport so satisfactory, that the banker gave the money. Two days later the banker was informed by a second letter from his correspondent that an ex-lieutenant of Garibaldi was making dupes in France and other countries, by passing himself off as the Count de P—. The police immediately arrested the man who received the 400 f., and at the same time succeeded in, discovering the veritable Count de I'—. The latter, on seeing the ex lieutenant, declared that ho knew nothing of him; but the lieutenant swore that he was the veritable Simon Pure, and `that the other was an impostor. It is not known how the ex-lieutenant could have obtained the information with which he presented himself to the banker. A searching judicial in vestigation has been commenced. CARDIGANSHIRE.— A BOLD WOMAN.-- Police constable Harrison, of the constabulory rural police in this county, stationed at the village of Llanrhvstydt, having oc casion to come to Aberystwyth on business. left his wife at home. No sooner bad the policeman turned his back than a robbery was committed by a tramp at a farm-house not far distant from the village. The policeman's wife, having re ceived information, immediately started off, and came up with the tramp with the stoleu property on his person. She secured the thief, aril detained him until her husband re turned. — North Waits Chronicle. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SWALLOW.—In the summer of last year one of a small batch of enthusiastic or nithologists in Methven, after discussing the migratory habits of various kinds of birds, differed from his friends on the question " Whether the swallow, on its return, after its winter absence, took up house in the same locality it had migrated from." He maintained the negative, giving such plausible reasons as induced the coterie to devise some me thod in obtaining a settlement of the question. The cnly method, therefore, was to catch a swallow. This they inge • niously contrived to do. They captured a female as she was feeding her young. Taking great care of her, they sewed a small piece of.red ribbon about its neck, in such a manner as it would not, in ordinary circumstances, get loosened, and then sent her to the broad expanse. The hedged bird reared its young, and continued in the neighbourhood until the mi • grating season, when, with its fellow, it disappeared. Great was the anxiety this spring of the naturalists to discover if it would return. Group after group appeared, but not the ribboned favourite. At length, ou the 13th day of April, a mong the last influx of returning emigrants , appeared the identical bird, thereby overthrowing the hypothesis that they do riot revisit their former haunts. But what is worth still more notice is the circumstance that it built its nest and reared its this year's brood in precisely the same spot it did the year previous. It flew again to sunnier lands only a few days ago.— Perth Courier. A branch of the Royal British Bank is to be opened at Islington on the Ist of October. The dividend declared yesterday at the half-yearly meeting of the General Screw Steam Company was at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, and the report and accounts were received as satisfactory. The Halifax Guardian contains the following ex traordinary statement:—" On Saturday last a young man, named William Blarsden, of Deanhead, left home to sell some cattle in Halifax market. Not meeting - with a cus tomer, he had to drive the cattle home again, and not ar riving at his usual time, his parents became rather uneasy at his stay, and remained up to two o'clock in the morning, waiting his coming. They then retired to rest, and on get ting up in the morning they were horrified at finding their son's coat, waistcoat, and hat laid down under the'r window, saturated with blood. Slight traces of blood were also ob served on the gate leading to the spot where:the clothes were found. There were about 301. in his pockets. Immediate inquiries were made, but no traces of Marsden have been discovered." ACOUSTIC ALTERATIONS IN EXETER HALL.—The alteration which is being made at Exeter Hall consists in forming a coved ceiling instead of a flat one, the now ceiling being 12 feet higher in the centre than the former one. This is being effected, withouk,,clisturbing the slating of the roof. Wrought-iron girders are. being fixed to the sides of the present principals, and the tie-beams will then be removed. One of the iron girders isoiow in its place.— Builder. The Austrians coul&not thr-sh the llongarian , ;, because the Magyars would not show them their backs.-- .Punch, • CALIFORNIA. A feeling has now become prevalent that the last accounts from Califorcia are of a character to con firm more strongly than ever the most favourable an ticipations of its pr esent and p ermanent yield. From the first tbere has always been reason to suppose that such general statements as might reach us would be rather under than over the truth, and every succeeding account has tended to support that impression. The inducements to exaggeration were to be looked for in the desire cf land specu'ators to get the country peopled, and also in the universal impulse on the part of discoverers to exalt the wonders they have exclu sively seen. But, although these must have operateddinary , especially among st Americans, with extraor, force, there were influences to be recognised on the other side of a still more powerful character. The land speculators have never been more than a small minority ; and the mass of the population working at the mines have therefore, if there was any doubt about the supply of gold being limited, always been interested in preventing any further arrivals; while as regards the love of the marvellous on the part of discoverers, it must be recollected that this would be far more than counter-balanced by the in variable tendency of the world, and especially the scientific portion of to adopt the safe course, and to treat as a delusion everything that exceeds the range of routine experience. A still stronger pro bability that the country and its products would be liable to be adversely described existed, moreover, in the fact that all the: went to it were impelled by in ordinate acquisitiveness, and that vast numbers be longed to the unthinking classes, who are least fit to emigrate, and vs ho would be disappoint anyw here. The nois e made by one such p would, as the promoters of emigration well know, exceed, in its first effect, any expressions that might proceed from a hundred who were well satisfied. Yet, complaints have all along been sin gularly rare, and it is now found that with a fort nightly post to New York, which carries on each oc casion more than 20,000 letters home to the families of the emigrants, each containing, it is to be pre sumed, the unreserved truths of individual experience, the general confidence in the riches of the district is increasing throughout the entire Union. The de pression which has prevailed in England during the past two years, and which hasteen no less humiliating than was the wild folly of which it has been the penalty, must likewise be taken into accountas causing everythirg to be looked at from this side through a false medium. All faith in the possibility of success ful-enterpri-se has been destroyed, and there has been no thought except that it must be vain to look in other parts cf the globe for that which has been extin guished here. Of course, under the influence of the facts which have now been arriving in fortnightly succession for a year or two, something like a sense of the impor tance of the movement is, as we have said, at length beginning to grow up, but it will be long before a real estimate of advises take root. At this moment, according to the by the last packet, there are from 50,000 to 100,000 persons approaching Cali fornia by the overland track. The emigration to San Francisco by sea also continues, and will again be greatly augmented by the tffect of the last re ports, and by the shortened transit through Nica ragua. The population of the state, the,s fair to reach before another year shall have elapsed between 300,000 and 400,000 souls —a total equal to one-tenth of the entire population of the Uuited States within the memory of many. Last year, when the number of persons in California wes not more than 100 000 the must unfavour • • THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1850. R H UDDLAN ROY AL EISTEDDFOD AND NORTH WALES FESTIVAL. THE BARBIC CHAIR PRIZE. RUUDDLAN, WEDNESDAY.—This prize, 'which was regarded as the chief prize conferred by the Eistedd , fod, was deferred to the close of yesterday's proceed ings. The prize was— For the best poem in Wclsh on Yr Adgyfodiad (the Resurrection), the chair prize of 251. and a gold medal. For the second best composition a premium of 51. There were 28 competitors. The most intense excitement was manifested to learn the name of the successful candidae. At length the name of the Rev. Evan Evans, of Ince, in Cheshire, was announced as the competitor on whom the honour had been conferred. The second prize was awarded to the Rev. W. C. Williams, of Llanrwst. The Rev. Mr. Evans was then led to the bardic chair, on the right of the president, by Talhaiarn, and Mende Idris, the Bard of the Eisteddfod ; and the successful candidate having been placed in the chair, Talhaiarn and the Bard of the Eisteddfod, as is the usual custom, each recited an extempore piece of poetry in honour of the event. The Hon. Mrs. Rowley then approached Mr. Evans, and invested him with the gold medal. PUBLIC DINNER IN THE CASTLE. About six o'clock a public dinner took place in the castle, in honour of the celebration of the Eisteddfod, to which about 250 of the leading gentry and clergy of North Wales sat down. The chair was occupied by the Right Hon. Lord Mostyn, president of the Eisteddfod. The chairman was supported on his right by Sir Stephen R. Glyn, M.P., W. Shipley Conway, Eeq , Sir John flanmer, Bart., M P., the Very Rev. Dean of Bangor, Captain Cotton, &c. ; and on his left by Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Bart., M.P., Sir R. Vaughan, Hon. Thomas Price Lloyd, Hon. Lloyd Mostyn, Ge• neral Sir Love Parry, &c. At the vice-president's table, and in other parts of the room, we noticed the Earl of Powis (vice-presi dent), the Hon. Mr. Rowley, J. Williams, E-q , M.P., Captain Mostyn, John Lloyd Wynn, Eeq., the Archdeacon of Cardigan, Captain Morgan, &c. The usual losal toasts were given in succession, and duly acknowledged. A grand concert on the harp, for a gold medal, a silver harp, and a gold brooch harp, then took place. The concert announced for last night did not' take place. Miss Lucombe, Miss M. Williams, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Machin sing at a concert to-night. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 23. Her Majesty went out walking this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting. In the afternoon her Majesty drove in an open carriage with Prince Alfred. The Marchioness of Douro was in attendance on her Majesty. The dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Ken t, Baroness Speth, Lady Augusta Bruce, and Sir Edwin Landseer. Mr. Distin and his sons will have the honour of performing before her Majesty this evening. A deputation from the vestries of St. Margaret and St.' , John, Westminster, relative to the alterations in progress in St. James's Park, had an interview with Lord Seymour yesterday, at the office of her Ma jesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. The deputation consistel of the Rev. William .Cureton, Dlr. Trollope, Mr. George Wilson, and Mr. Rogers, vestry clerk, St. Margaret's. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left fickle • ton Hall for his seat, Garrowley [louse, Yorkshire. LITERATURE. STELLA AND VANESSA Translated from the French by Lady Duff Gordon. 2 lots. It is oftentimes difficult fur fiction to surpass the romance of truth, and assuredly the romantic history of Dean Swift and his ri va l *lady-loves haves little room for the ingenuity of the novelist. But having seen the French version of this romance, we are not aware whether the author of the French or the fair editress of the English editicn is entitled to the merit of having thus gracefully and delicately recorded a most Interesting and marvellous chapter in the ro mance of real life. The moral of the history and the object of the writer are revealed in the last page of the last volume. Swift having wept the untimely death of bath his unfortunale favourites, and having himself suffered severe mental and physical indispo sition, reprove s a child who is playing with fire, and then is struck with the resemblance between the infant's dangerous sp or t an d the reckh.sa temerity visible in his own volu n t ar y t o yi n g with temptation. "' It was that did all th e m i sc hi e f!' said Swift, with a sigh, pressing his friend's band. .This exclamation was all ihat escaped him, and he again took refuge for cysr in his usual silence and irony, that irony which conceals a heart truly tender, truly modest, nobly disdainful of what is vulgar, but which is so easily misunderstood that after the lupse of. a century, after so many eminent ser vices rendered by Swift to the cause of reason and hu manity, we are now attemptinr, in a manner not, per haps, very conclusive, to defend the memory of this great genius, of this noble heart,—the memory of the author of Gulliver,' of the author of the Drapier's Letters,' against the Mrs. Jebbs of England, alas! and of Ireland." The interest of the history is enhanced by the ex ceeding simplicity with which it is narrated; no un necessary personages or incidents are introduced. Swift himself, so happy with either when the other dear charmer is away; the gentle, retiring Stella, and the talented and attractive Va nessa ; Stella's meddlesome, mischief-making due nna, and her humble and unsuccessful lover, who, as an example of genuine and self-sacri ficing affection, is the 'nest beautiful and interesting character in the book,—these, are the principal per sonages of the tale, the scene of which lies principally in Ireland. The story opens with Swift's first intro duction to a new living in an Irish village (before his elevation to the rank of dean). To this village he brings his ward, Esther Johnson (Stella), and places her and an elderly lady, her companion, at a little cottage not very distant from his own residence. Stella, as yet almost an unthinking child, entertains a sincere affection for her preceptor and guardian, and, thanks to the interference of the duenne, rejects the affection of the aforementioned lover. Swift re pairs to London, awaiting some preferment at the hands of the Government, and during his absence ad dresses to his ward the famous " Letters to Stella." While Esther Johnson, now deeply in love, is pining with grief at his prolonged absence, Swift in London becomes acquainted with Esther Vanhombrigh, whom he names " Vanessa." The very dissimilar but very attractive peculiarity of the two Esthers are discriminated and pourtrayed with a skilful touch; a pitying interest attaches to the gentle Stella, while our admiration and sympathy irresistibly follow the spirited and passionate Vanessa. After the run of her family, during which crisis she displays heroic , spit it, Esther Vanhombrigh retires to an Irish estate in the neighbourhood cf her lovet and her rival. Here the interest of the tale naturally in creases. For a time Swift keeps each Esther igno rant of her rival ; at length they discover each other and meet, aed at length the unhappy man, to put an end to a state of things so fraught with misery to all parties, resolves at least, as he must inflict pain, to inflict it also on himself, and because he prefers Va nessa he marries Stella, a result which is far from producing peace. The sequel of the unhappy tale we leave to the readers of the novel. Its interest is such that none can peruse it with indiffirence, and the manner in which it has been narrated renders it most attractive. OUR COUNTY. By John Mills. 3 Vols. A novel from the pen of the author of " The OA English Gentleman" will be welcomed by all who have perused that most delightful work—a work ren dered delightful not only by its capital pictures of country life, but also by its genial and warm-hearted manner. " Our County" is, to a certain extent, of a similar character. It abounds with sketches of hunt ing scenes, such as John Mills is so well qualified to describe, and it makes us pleasantly acquainted with some of the humble retainers of the hall, who are not less attractive from bearing a family likeness to old Tom Bolton. Other and less agreeable individuals figure in the psges of " Our County," among whom are an old miser and his son, Jack Racket ; the latter, in his over-cleverness, is cleverly outwitted. Look ing forward to his father's death, in the hope of ob taining possession of large wealth, he is disappointed to find that the same will which bestows all the rest upon himself gives also some few thousands to the miser's old _ housekeeper. Jack can not bear the loss even of this trifle, and thinking that, as heir-at-law, no will is necessary to make him master of his father's property, he destroys the parchment in time to learn that he is not legally entitled to a farthing, as, instead of being the heir-at law, he is in fact the son of the old housekeeper! The projects and discomfiture of Jack form a principal portion of the tale. Without possessing any very considerable attraction, they are written in a lively, natural manner, and their result is eminently satis factory. Sir Edward, the owner of the hall, a mere boy at the opening of the story, is well worthy of becoming ultimately a good old country gentleman. During our acquaintance with him hi s goo d qu alities are partially thrown into the shade b y a r ec kless extravagance which well nigh ,consigns all his property into the eager hands of Jack Racket. Sir Edward's mother, and Maud, his betrothed, the daughter of Lawyer Sharp, are graceful and delicate sketches, evidently from the hand which so exquisitely pourtrayed Kate and Agnes, the neice and daughter of the old English gentleman. WASTE OF RAIN WATER IN TOWNS.—It is a no torious fact that, while the inhabitants of large and populnus towns are maintaining lustily that they are wofully stinted in their supply of water, they allow to run to waste gallons upon gallons of valuable soft rain-water, without a single effort to retain and purify'a drop, while the inhabitants of other towns, " wiser in their day and generation," use all available means to catch And retain the descending showers. We have heard such woful waste justified, on the ground that the rain was allowed to run into the drains to cleanse and flush them. But it certainly is obvious that the same effect can be much better obtained by first using the water for domestic purposes, and thereafter sending it down properly constructed openings, connected with eflicient drains and sewers. People ire very apt .to say, " Oh, the amount ob tained yearly is of such small extent as tint to be worthy of the expense of collecti ng ." "N ow , there is nothing," as brother Jonathan says, " like cyphering," Mr. Dempsey states that " the roof of a house of the average dimensions of 20 feet square, presenting a plane surface of 400 square feet, receives at least 803 cubic feet of rain water annually, or about 4,800 gallons." Now this quantity is equivalent to nearly 13i gallons per day. We really wish every house in the kingdom bad such a supply. Bat, allowing only one-half of this to be obtained, surely a sufficiently liberal estimate, it is certainly worth the collecting. It should be immediately received in a filtering tank, and the best available method be adopted of purifying it f rom t h e car bonaceou s ma tt er w i t h which it becomes saturated in passing through a smoky at- • mosphere, and flowing over roof surfaces covered with a de posit of similar impurity. An economical and well-devisvd apparatus for effecting this put pose, and applicable to private and public buildings of all classes, is a desideratum yet want ing in the economical supply of water.—Builder. FLOODS IN THE SOUTII-EA4TERN DEPARTMENTS OF Fnastelt —The plains in the vicinity of Perpignan have recently been flooded, in consequence of the overflowing of the water-courses, occasioned by tremerdous rains. At Per pignan the quarter of the Tanneries'iVas submerged, and the occupiers of houses had pased a part of the night in re moving their furniture. A foot bridge over the river was carried away. In several of the streets the water rose with I such violence through the gutters that the st ree t s cou ld no t be crossed, and temporary bridges had to be est a bli s h e d. Th e gardener having s been ifBai ntja"lues however, chi e fly s u ff ered , a ll th e i r crops destroyed. In the country districts the damage done was immense. To the south-west the waters were so deep and spread 'so wide that it was impossible fur any communication to mach Perpignan. The roads from u nder water. both Arles, and these from Narbonne were impracticable, they and the adjacent fields being completely The Toulouse diligence near Vallaria was carried away by the violence of the torrent, and floated for seine distance before it could be fixed. The passengers were terribly frightened, but sustained no injury. - - PROPERTY LEFT IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES. - The magistrates at Stowmarket have intimated to a passenger, who retained au Indian Cashmere shawl left by another pas senger in a carriage on the Eastern Union Railway, that persons not delivering up property of this description to the railway authorities are liable to be indicted for felony. ACCIDENT TO A MAIL TRAIN.-0n Tuesday morning, as the mail train to this town was passing near Admaston, it ran over and killed two cows, which had strayed on the line, which threw the last carriage off the line, causing a delay in the train of an hour and a half, but we believe without any other casualty.—llerefordJournal. LIE FIRE IN TILL CITY.—At eight o'clock last night the tire was still burning, and at frequent intervals large bodies of flame rose some distance above the ruins. During the afternoon, whilst the firemen were engaged look ing after an iron safe belonging to Mr. Boyman Boyman, which had been deposited in Messrs. Hayter and Howell's warehouse, and which contained wills and title-deeds, their attention was directed to a box containing trophies of the greatest importance to the country at large. Although the case in which the property was deposited was completely fused, and many of the articles were run into each other, it was subsequently ascertained that the contents of the case consisted of property belonging to thirteen brave generals who fell during the memorable battle fought under Lord Gough at Chillianwallah. The property had been taken from the persons of the officers just before their deaths, and had been sent to their relatives in England. The contents goats'-hair shawls and scarfs, rings,, e o s f , g noeled w a t c hes, the epaul e t s o f Pennicui ck, dlework, gold and silver pi ns , of tpiii setthol late pistols, chest huurrii gt hunting consisted e s r i i s t n e il d gold ear-drops, end lockets. Tho iron safe was get out of Messrs. Hayter and Howell's ruins during yesterday after noon. Fur nearly an hour the greatest c xcitctnent prevailed I for the safety of the contents, but after cooling the i ron, vheidesh end other wssPe rfectl3 red with he a t, i t was f oun d th at the de documents ' were shrivelled up. At present they are illegible, but it is txi.ccted that they may be ren dered legible. Great iron weights of 561b s . ea ch have been MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. The Lord President of the Council has returned to thwood-park, Wilts. The Noble Marquis, accom panied by the Marchioness of Lansdowne, leaves Bo wood-park on Monday next for a few weeks. Lord John Russell was to close his visit to her Majesty at 13almoral yesterday, after the Privy Council. The Noble Lord, on quitting Balmoral, proceeds to Minto-house, near Hawick, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Minto, where Lady John Russell and family have already arrived. After a short stay at Minto-house the Premier and her Lady ship and family will go to Richmond-park for the winter. The Earl of Minto left Minto-house, Roxburgh shire, on Tuesday morning, to attend the Privy Council, and was expected to return to Minto in com pany with his son-in-law, Lord Jobn Russell. The Right Hon. Sir Francis T. Baring, accom panied by the Misses Baring, who left his official re sidence at the Admiralty on Saturday, for Scotland, arrived at Aberdeen on Monday evening, and was to have gone to Balmoral for the Privy Council yesterday. The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, who is at Laggan, his shooting-box in the Highlands, was ex pected to be present at the Privy Council yesterday at Balmoral. The Right Hon. Gentleman will return to London early in the ensuing month. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., was to have reached Balmoral yesterday, from Pallodon, near Alnwick, to attend the Privy Council, and to resume his attendance on ber Majesty in the room of Lord John Russell. The Right Hon. Baronet will remain with the Queen until the return of the Court to London. The Earl of Carlisle is at Naworth Castle, his an cestral seat in Cumberland, surrounded by a small family circle. The Right Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., was to have arrived at Crathie yes'erday, from Birnam Lodge, near Dunkeld, in order to attend the Privy Council. Earl Grey, accompanied by the Countess and Lady Alice Lambton, intends to reside at Alnw•ick until the middle of next month, and then come to town. Viscount Palmerston, with her Ladyship, is enter taining a select circle at Broadlands, his seat near Romsey. _ _ The Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, at pre sent on a tour in Ireland, is expected to return to Erlstoke-park, Wilts, the week after next. THE NEW SHERIFFS' STATE CARRIAGES AND LIVERIES. Yesterday the state equipages of the sheriffs of London and Middlesex were exhibited to the public, at the respective manufacturers, and attracted consi derable attention. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Carden's carriage, ma nufactured by Messrs, Horne, of Long-acre, is painted on the body a brilliant ultra-marine blue, with crim son, white, and silver decorations in enamel aad mosaic style; the pannels emblazoned with the heraldic insignia (elaborately executed) of the arms of the City of London, the Cutlers' Company, and those of Mr. Carden. The hammer-cloth is most chaste and elegant, the prevailing colours blue • and white, ornamented with newly-designed crimson tassels, an accurate representation of the fuschia blossom. The lining is fawn-coloured figured satin. Mr. Sheriff Hodgkinson's carriage has been built at the establishment of Messrs. Laurie and Marner, of Oxford-street. The body i 3 painted a beautiful bright green; the framework gorgeously though tastefully ecriched with gold, and on the panels are displayed the armorial bearings or the City, Spectacle-makers' Compiny, and those of Mr. Hedgkinson. The interior is lined with white cloth and handsome gold-coloured silk ; the hammer-cloth is white, elegantly trimm e d w i t h green f r i nge and gold hangers. The whole has been finished in first-rate style, regardless of expense, and from the tasteful intermingling of the colours has a most pleas ing effect. Mr. Sheriff Hodgkinson's liveries, made by Messrs. 11. and J. Baldwin, of Cornhill, consist of most beau tiful emerald green coats, elaborately decorated with gold lace and braiding, displayed in scrolls and fern leaves, &c. ; the waistcoats and continuations are of deep amber, and, as a novelty, the latter are orna mented with braiding u l'huisser. From the shoulders of each coat depend handsome aguilletles. Mr. Sheriff Carden's liveries, made by Norton and Co., are coats of a deep blue colour, orna mented with silver lade and braiding, and white waistcoats, &c. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held et the East India House, when General Sir William M. Gomm, K.C.8., was sworn in Commander•in•Chief of the Com pany's Forces, and an Extraordinary Member of the Council of India. NEW PORT IN TDB MEDITERRANEAN.—The Con stitutionnel contains the following:—" Bastia is the weal thiest and most populaus town in Corsica. Situated opposite to the Gulf of Genoa, within a few hours' journey from the coasts of Italy and France, on the road to the Adriatic, Sicily and the Levant, it has become the most important centre of traffic in the country; and of itself possesses one fourth of the navy. Struck with the importance and with the insufficiency of the old poi t, the Government applied for a credit of 3,000,0001., wite the addition of a subvention of 500,000 f. furnished by the town of Bastia for the construc tion of a new port. The works are now in active progress. The port will be of vast dimensions. It will enelosa a sur face of more than 12 hectares (26 acres), one-half of which will present a depth of 6 metres (19 feet), and of which 3 hectares at least will afford a depth of more than 8 metres (26 feet). A mole in the direction of north to south will shelter the port on its widest side. A refuge will thus be created from the most dangerous storms of those seas, not only for trading vessels of the largest tonnage, but also for the war navy, an important result upon a coast w hi c h, for an extent of forty leagues from the Cap Corse to Porto Vec chio does nut afford a single harbour of refuge." GOOD NEWS FOR DEAF PERSONS.—The value of gutta percha as a conveyer of sound has been realized in the Glenorchy chapel, Matlock. Bath. An apparatus has been put up for the benefit of some who era troubled with deaf ness, and had not heard the preaching for several years. They are now enabled to hear quite distinctly by the use of the tube.—Derby Reporter. ACCIDENTAL SUFFOCATION.—On Tuesday even• ing, the wife of a respectable tradesmen residing in the neighbourhood of the Strand, accidentally suffocated her infant during her return from a pleasure excursion to Ham mersmith, by wrapping it up too closely under her shawl. The catastrophe was not discovered till the party reached home. SPO RTIN G INTELLIGENCE. BEDFORD RACES.--WEDNEsDay. The Stratton Park Stakes of 10 soya. c ach, with 30 guineas added. Once round. (4 Subs.) Mr. Eta es's Mrs. Taft, 5 yrs, Bst 10Ib (Rogers) 1 Mr. G. Otagley's Bird of Puradise, B.t 101 b (Norman) 2 Mr. Carew's Ca:lipus, 4 t rs, 8 t 315 ...(R. Sherwood) 3 Betting— 6 to 4 on CEdipus. Won by two lengths. The Two yrs old Stakes of 10 sous. each, with So added. Winners once of 103/. 31b extra. Last half -mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. G. Higgins's Theseus, Bst 71b (Rogers) 1 Mr. H. Waring's Gloom, Bst 41b (Bartholomew) 2 Mr. Rolt's Ingratitude, Bst 41b (R. Osborne) 3 Mr. Robins's gby the Cardinal, Bst 71b ... (Homer) 0 Lord Strathmore's Faux Pas-31b cxra ... (Crouch) 0 Mr. J. Cassidy's Whisper, Bst 41b......... (W. Thick) 0 Lord Warwick's Banterer-31b extra ... (Dockeray) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Gloom, 2to 1 apse Theseus, and 3to I agst Faux Pas. Won easily by three lengths. Ingratitude a bad third. Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles. Mr. Charlton's Kissaway, 4 yrs, 9st Ilb (Rogers) 1 Mr. Suit's Sam Hood, 5 yrs, 9st 91b (Owner) 2 Lord Strathmore's Magician, 4 yrs, 9st 11b...(Pettit) 3 Mr. Rogers's Bellissima, 3 yrs, 7st Ilb...(Dockeray) 4 Sir W. Booth's Retail, 4 yrs, Oat Ilb (Bartholomew) 0 Mr. Carew's Edipus, 4 yrs, Ost lib (Wakefield) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Bellissima-5 to 2 agst Kis:away -3 to 1 asst Retail-8 to 1 agst Magician—and 10 to I agst any other. Won by two lengths, Magician a bad third. The Farewell Stakes of 5 sm. each, 3 ft, with 20 added; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Once round and a distance. (7 Subs.) Mr. Daly's Goodwood, ist 131 b (50/.) (Dockeray) 1 Mr. James's Sarah, Bst 51b (41b extra) ...(Charlton) 2 Mr. Cowlev's c by Pantaloon, Est 91b (500 0 Mr. Snit's llastilion, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (50/.) ( Wakefield) 0 Mr. Messer's Malmesbury, Bat 11b (501.) ...(Crouch) 0. Mr. G. Oogley's Camilla, Bst (501.) ...(C. Norman) 0 Mr. Goodman's Pell-Mall, Bst (501.)...(A. Edwards) 0 Betting—Even on Goodwood. Won by a short head. The Hunter's Stakes, of 5 Boys. each, with 60 added; the winner to pay 10 sove. to the second horse, and the third to save his stake. Heats. Once round and a distance. Mr. Bovill's Scratch, 4 yrs, list (1000 Mr. Tucker's Seagull, aged, list Sib (1004— 1 2 2 Mr. Brown's Cesar de Leon, Bst 11lb (1001.) 0 0 3 Mr. Newton's Taffy, aged, llst 81b (1001.) Mr. G. Higgin's Pride of Corse Dale (1001.) 2 0 dr Mr. Wesley's Chance, aged, llst Blb (1000 3 odr Mr. R. Walker's Libby, aged, I Ist 51b (1000 0 0 dr Hr. J. Purser's gby Gilbert Gcrney (1000 0-0 dr Mr. Overman's The Judge, list 81b 0000 0 0 dr Betting-Ist heat—Even on Seagull. Won by two lengths. 2d teat-2 to lon Seagull. Won by a length. 3d heat-5 to 2on Scratch. Won by three lengths. BASINGSTOKE RACES.—TUESDAY. The Innkeepers' Plate of 3 sous. each, with 151 added, for three yrs old, ist; four yrs, Bst; five yrs, Sat 91b; six yrs andj aged, 9st 3lb. Heats, about one mile and a quarter. Mr. Hayter's ch f Handsome Doe, 3 yrs, Est 41b... 1 1 Mr. Caffall's b m Francesca, 4 yrs, 7st 4lb ... 2 3 Mr. Manniug's b m Elopement, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b ... 3 2 The Oakley Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 25 added, for three yrs old, 7st 41b; four yrs, Bst 71b; five yrs, 9st 21b; six yrs std aged, 9st 1011). Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Heats, about a mile acd a half. Mr. Caffall's b c Blister, 3 yrs 1 bolt. Mr. Stallard's b f Woodspite, 3 yrs sst 111 b... 2 3 dr Mr. Kirnmin's e m Jessie, 4 yrs, 7st ... 3 2 3 Capt. Delme'sg m Rosewood, 3 yrs, 6st Ilb ... 4 4dr Mr. Bruyere'abm Fanny Hill, 5 yrs, 7st 13lb 5 5 2 Mr. Winchtes Is f Impression, 3 yrs, sst 11lb 6 1. 1 The Railway 'Plate of 2 sous. etch, and 101. added, fur three yrs old, to carry Bst ; 4 yrs, Oat ; 5 yrs, 9st 121 b ; 6 yrs and aged, lOst 41b. Heats, about one mile and a half. Mr. Hay ter's c f Handsome Doe, 3 yrs, 5 t 71b 1 1 Mr. Csflall's c m England's Glory, aged, 7st 2 2 Mr. J. Tubb's b m Francesca, 4 yrs, Est 21b 3 3 bTEEPLECHASE. There was a steeplechase on Sunday in the Park of Rambouillet f,,r a silver cup, value 500 f. It was in htati; the distance was about 1,800 yards, and there were five hedge', two h alls four feet high, a brook two yards deep and three yards wide, preceded by a hedge, to leap. The horses which started were M. Moise's Culverstiorp, the same with which, in 1846, Cautain Pt el won the steeplechase at Berney; M. Tony Mon tel's Peter Simple, M. Quiclet's Constantine, and Count do Montgomery's Blue Stocking. The last-mentioned won the first heat, the second was won by Culverthorp, the third by Peter Simple. A fourth heat was then run between Culverthorp and Peter Simple, and the former won by half a length. Blue Stocking was not allowed to take part in the last heat, in consequence of having been distanced in the second. Two accidents occurred: in the second heat 'Blue Stocking threw the jockey is leaping a wall, but fortunately without hurting him ; in the third Constantine, in going over a hedge, had his foot caught, and fell heavily with his jockey; the latter fainted, and it was thought was killed, but, after about a quarter cf an hour he recovered. The steeplechase coileeted a large crowd, and excited great interest. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF LOUTH. This match was resumed at Louth on Tuesday morn ing, when, as on the preceding day, the operations were witnessed by a large assemblage of spectat)ra. It will be found that Parr again made a long score, and that at the close of the first innings the Eleven had healed their opponents by 77 runs. The score at the close of the second day's play stood thus:— LO t; TH. W. Locock, Esq., b Wisden l6 R. P. Allington, Esq., b Wisden 2 R. Sutton, Esq., c Hillyer, b Wisden .. 11. Cheales, Esq., b Wisden 0. Hanbury, Esq., h w, b Clark J. Hollway, Esq., b Wisden F. Tinley, b Clark Rev. E. Elmhirst, b Wisden E. Blayds, Esq., c Marshall, b Wiztier. G. Luard, Esq., run out C. P. Loft, Esq., b Wisden W. Chapman, Esq., b Wisden 6 J. Rogers, Esq., c Box, b Clark J. Tunnard, Esq., b Clark A. A. Morgan, Esq., c Guy, b Wisden 1 J. B. Parker, Esq., c Box, b Wisden 1 J. Ray, Esq., b Wisden . . R. Walls, Esq., b Clark. 11. Smythe, Esq., b Wiscien... . ... .... W. Marshall, Esq., b Clark ..... .... . H. Grantham, Esq., b Wisden J. M. Lister, Esq , not out Leg bye 1 Total ~.•.• 107 THE ELEVEN. Hißyer, c Morgan, b Parker Clark, b Parker 2 Parr, c Blayds, b Tinley Wisden, c Morgan, b Parker Martingell, k w, I;Tinley Pilch, b Hoaway Box, c Ray, b Smith 9 Guy, c Locock, b Tinley ...... . ... .. ... N. Felix, Esq., c Allington, b Tinley. ..... A. Marshall, Esq , not cut A. Mynn, E •q., c Holloway, b Parker Byes 2, wide 20. Tot al ...ISt CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 25.—The writ had not arrived here up to the dispatch cf this parcel, but its receipt will be immediately promulgated to the University by the Vice-Chancellor, and the days of polling will be fixed as soon as conveniently can be afterwarth. The Rev. W. P. Baily, M.A., Fellow of Clare Hall, Mr. F. L. Spinks, M.N., of Magdalen College, and Mr. R. W. blieffington Lutwidge, M.A., of St John's College, have been added t., Mr. Cowling's com mittee; and the Rev. F. W. Harper ' M.A., late Fel low of St. John's Coll e ge, the Rtfv. G. F. Reyner, 8.D., Fellow end Junior Dean of St. John's College, and the Rev. H. G. Williams, 8.D., Emanuel Col lege, to that of Mr. Wigratn. THE LATE ROBBERY AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN THE CITY.—Up to last night no clue had been obtained of the perpetratcrs of this mysterious and daring outrage, al though the officers having the conduct of the matter, In spectors Ifoward and Webb, of the City detective force, have taxed their ingenuity to the utmost to obtain some trace of the stolen property. It cannot be ascertained that any at tempt had been made to dispose of the property, and it does not appear probable that the thieves would do so at present, well knowing it would lead to immediate detection. Mr. Cureton, who is now nearly recovered from the effects of the attack, expresses his conviction that he should be able to identify one if not all of the parties, and several anonymous communications have been received from parties professing to have been attacked in a similar manner, who state their be lief that they could also identify them, and express their rea diness to come forward at the proper time. The body of Mr. W. Andrews, a boGkieller of Bristol, was found floating on the Avon, near the Black Rock, on Wednesday last. The deceased had not been seen or heard of for a week, and it appears probable that he ac cidentally fell into the water. The body was picked tm by a watermau named Smith, who lives at Arlingham. Upon it were found a gold watch (stopped at 23 minutes past ten) and - chain in the waistecat pocket, 34 sovereigns and a half in gold, 18s. in silver, three small door keys, a pen-knife a silk handkerchief, and a pair of black kid gloves. At the in quest a verdict of " Found drowned" was returned. Mr. Andrews was well known in this city, having attended most of the book sa l es i n t h e n ei g hbourhood of Hereford.— Ile - ford Journal. VauxnALL GARDENS.—Last night the perform ances were for the benefit of the widow and children of the late Lieutenant Gale. The gardens were crowded to excess; and as the professional services, including the use of the gardens, were rendered gratuitously, the Lmount realised was considerable, At six o'clock Mrs. Graham made a very favourable balloon ascent, descending at Hackney, and re turning to the gardens in the course of the evening. - - THE CURRANT CROPS IN THE lONIAN LLANDS.— Accounts from the lonian Islands, received by way of Malta, announce that the currant crops have suffered very material damage whilst lying drying on the ground, by heavy prema ture rains, which will have the effect of raising the p• ice, whilst the quality will be indifferent, and the crop far below the usual average. LORD COCKBURN —We understand that his Lord ship is sti;l in Dumfries, not having yet sufficiently recovered from the illness with which he was so suddenly attacked at the opening of the Circuit Court in that town. The accounts received in Edinburgh yesterday represent his Lordship to be gradually though not rapidly recovering.— Scotsman of Wednesday. ITALIAN POTATOES.—A vessel arrived from Naplf s and Palermo respectively has brought some packages of new potatoes as part of her cargo, consigned to order. This is, we believe, the first importation of potatoes from this place, and the arrival is therefore of interest. THE NEPATJLESE AMBASSADOR BEHIND THE SCENES. The Ambassador of Nepaul having expressed the wish to go " Lehind the scenes" of the Opera, the di rector, M. Rcqueplan, intimated that he should be most happy to receive him ; and Saturday was the day fixed for the visit. At about eleven o'clock the Prince and his suite arrived in sev( red carriages, and their splendid jewels 'coked well in the sunshine. The distinguished visitors were first taken to the great dancing-room, in which the members of the corps de ballet were taking a lesson. A gilded arm chair was prepared for the Prince, and he watched the lesson with the greatest interest.. After siting nearly an hour he was asked if he did not feel some ennui. But he replied that he could remain till night fall with pleasure. The director, however, in order not to weary him, conducted him with great ceremony to the stage, and he was there .placed under the canopy which serves for the Emperor in the third act of La Juice. Mdlle. Fanny Cerito stood by his side, and the corps de ballet danced the divertissement of the Enfans Trouve, the new opera of M. Auber, which is about to be brought cut. The Prince was delighted, and he requested that all the per sons - of the ballet should be presented to him. The presentation took place in the great foyer, and when it was concluded the Ambassador delivered a little speech, which was translated into English by his in terpreter, and then from English into French. The speech was to the effect that never had any women appeared to him so enchanting es those of the Opera, and that he would . never forget what he had seen, however distant be might be, and however long Heaven might allow him to live. The director having sent out for the finest fruits that could be procured, invited the Prince to partake of them. The Prince replied that, if a refusal would offend the director be would partake of them, notwithstanding the ordi nances of his religion would be violated by his eating in the presence of strangers ; but that he would greatly prefer that the young beauties who surrounded him should be invited to take the fruits. To this the di rector acceded, and the young ladies emptied the baskets, and devoured the fruit with an alacrity which appeared greatly to amuse the prince. Before leaving, the Ambassador expressed his thanks to M. Requepian, and shook him warmly by the hand. As he did so, he left in M. Reqneplan's hands a costly pocket handkerchief containing 1001. in English so vereigns. The money was immediately divided, and each member of the corps de ballet received 60f. each scene- shifter end pupil, 301. Gulignani. WRECK OF THE SUPERB STEAIIik.R. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—By the steamer Courier, Captain Goodridge just arri ve d from Jersey, we have received th e subjoined account of the wreck of the Supeib on the Dlinquiers Rock., which occurred on Tuesday, and which resulted in the loss of eleven persons, sho perished in smooth water, and in broad daylight. The particulars are driwn up by some of the survivors, who have reached Southampton by the Courier steamer " We regret to have the painful duty of announcing the loss of the steamer Superb, Captain Priauls, and eleven of the passengers and crew, on the Minquiers Rocks, and very near to the identical spot on which the excursion steamer Polka was run to save the lives of the passengers a week ago. The Polka was also under the commend of the same master. The Superb left St. Malo for Jersey at half-past seven o'clock on Tuesday, and - did not take the usual course; but, it is believed, with a view to making a shorter passage, took the course so distressingly fatal. She struck violently at half-past nine'o'clock, A M., on the sunken rocks, and immediately flied with water; her bows having been thrown on the rocks caused her to heel over, throwing the passengers on the starboard side of the vessel. The captain, it is said, immediately ordered the boats (of which there were only two) to be lowered, when with some half-doz=n he got into one of them. This proceeding produced the greatest consternation among the passerilers. The fire at the same moment was extinguished by the water, and an immediate rush was made for the other boat; but all who entered it found a watery grave, for there is reason to believe that the plugs were not in the boat, and they got off without an oar. The consequence was the boat was seen to be gradually - sinking without possibility of relief, and the counte nances of those unhappy persons presented a scene of horror beyond description, for they sank shortly in smooth water. Upon the remonstrances of Mr. Ha milton and others the captain returned to the wreck, assisted on board by a ladder from a point of the rock, not, however, until after his boat had swamped, being capsized by his leaping from it. Fortunately the tide was falling fast, which soon left the ship high and dry on the rocks ; but the scene of anguish and alarm beffles description. By the exertions of the master and Mr. Hamilton, both of whom displayed great cool ness, signals of distress were successfully made to the cutter Jupiter, about five or six miles off. The wind being light, two hours elapsed before she could reach us, but she succeeded in doing so, and saved the lives of all excepting those who rushed to the boat and two children, who were unfortunately thrown overboard by the shock as the vessel struck, the deck having burst upwards with the blow and thus thrown them over. The Courier, which had just come from Shoreham, having her steam up, came off to our assistance, with her owner, Mr. Maples, on board, and took us all from on board the cutter at about five in the afternoon ; but on approaching St. Heliers harbour in the dark, she also touched the Oyster rock, to the further alarm of the surviving passengers, already exhausted by their fearful sufferings. Captain Priaulx and some of the crew remained on board the cutter in the vicinity of the wreck. The cordial re ception given to the passengers on their arrival at St. Heliers by hundreds congregating on the pier ex cited the warmest thanks, and a more providential escape is perhaps hardly on record. The passengers lost ware—Mr. Gossett and wife, Mr. Jackson, son and daughter, Mr. Rattenbury, Miss Price, Mr. Sedgwick, Belot Cook Palmer, a fireman, and Patrick, a bov. The survivors are about forty in number. "It is due to a lad, one of the crew, to mention hat he behaved with great gallantry and courage. When others were giving way to despair be set to work to make a raft, which he accomplished in less than half Ail hour. Ile also ascended to the mast- head to give signals. We regret we cannot give his name, but he was saved." THE EARL Or DIINDONALD.—It will be satisfac tory to the numerous friends and admirers of this noble and gallant admiral, who is at present naval commander in chief on the North American station, that the Commercial Society of St. John's, Newfoundland, has issued a report complimen tary to the gallant admiral for the interest he has manifested in the American fisheries, and his expressed desire to be use ful to their important pursuits.— Caledonian ;Wrenn'. MANCTIESTER AND LivEsrooL AGRICULTURAL SoctETY.—The third annual meeting of this Joint society was held yesterday at Warrington. The meeting was much more numerously attended than any of those which have previously been held in Manchester or Liverpool. The bow of horned cattle was of a very superior description, the bulls especially b&ng highly commended. There was a good show of heifers and milch cows. The stallions and roadsters were numerous, and of a superior description. Amongst the gentlemex in the show-yard were the Earl of Derby, Lord Stanley, Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P., the Hon. E. G. Stanley, &c. We shall gire to morrow a report of the pro ceedings at the dinner held in the evening, at which Mr. Wilsen Patten was to preside. The town was thronged with visitors ; many hundreds of strangers from Manchest e r an d Liverpool having visited it. It was indeed a gala day in Warrington, bands playing and flags flying In every quarter, and all the public institutions oa the town, including the Museum, were thrown open to visitors. SOUTLIAMPToN, TURFDAY.—Monsieur Soyer, whose fame is almost universal, paid a visit to Southampton to-day, for the purpose of exhibiting his Lilliputian cooking appa ratus. A notice having been given by means of the public journals of the intended visit to the rooms cf Msgrs. Ker. riston and Shalders, ironmongers, of the High-street, they wera thronged almost to excess by the principal gentry of the town and neighbourhood, and for hours did this celebrated artiste fry, boil, and grill Mutton cutlets, kidneys, eggs, &c., to the evident amusement an d t aste o f hi s auditors. During the afternoon an amusing incident occurred. A gentleman living in the suburbs of the town called, anxious to witness the operations, but being very infirm M. Soyer at once volun teered to gratity the wishes of his visitor by exhibiting the magic stove on the unoccupied (inside) seat cf the vehicle. The operation was so quickly performed thet the plss,zrs-by, notwithstanding the crowded state of the thoroughfare, knew nothing of what was going on. LLOYDS.-11. general meting of the members of Lloyd's, was held to-day in their rooms at the Royal Ex change, for the purpose of receiving the half-yearly report of the committee; Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., in the chair, who, after alluding to the decease of the late chairman, G. R. Robinson, Esq., M.P., in a complimentary spdecb, pro ceeded to propose the following votes, which were unani mously passed ;—The honorary silver modal to Captain David Cook, of the British barque Sarah of Yarmouth, N.S., for his humane and intrepid conduct in saving the lives of the crew and passengers of - the American ship Caleb Grimshaw, de stroyed by tire in the Atlantic, November 4 20, 1849. 51. ss. in aid of the subscriptions to two boats' crews who went off in a heavy gale of wind and saved the crew of the brig Bravo, of Newcastle, when that vessel was wrecked on the Barn borough Sands on the 31st March last. After a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting broke up. THE COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlL WAY.—Yesterday Captain Wynne, one of the superintending inspectors attached to the Railway Board, instituted an official inquiry at the railway station, Hatfield, into the circum stances attendant upon the disastrous collision which took place on the Great Northern Railway, on the evening of Sa turday last, some particulars of which have already appeared in the columns of this journal. By a recent Act of Parlia ment it is imperative on all railway companies, when an acci dent happens on a line, to make a report to the Railway Cc mmissioners, setting forth all the particulars, within forty 'eight hours of the occurrence. Although the Commissioners do not deem it necessary on all occasions to send an inspector, on this occasion they deemed it advisable to do so in conse quence of the nature of the collision, and the conflicting statements which had reached them on tLe subject. Captain Wynne arrived at Ilalfieldat an early hour, and was conducted by the railway officials over the difierent portions of the rail way in the immediate district. After having made a minute inspection of the main lire aad sidings, and ascertained the points and gradients, he assembled the various efficials at the station and prcceeded to examine them. The witnesses were Mr. Unwin, the acting station -master at Hatfield, and Mr. E. Williams, superintendent of the company's police. Their tk stimony was a repetition of the facts stated in this paper yesterday. The captain will make' his report to the Railway Commissioners. The parties who were injured by the cellision are described as going on favourably