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

CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended S?pt. 19, 1850, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eeeglaud and Waits per Lupe - dal Quarter. wuseT.IDAHLEY. OATS. RTE. BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. 1 428 71 1 24s 1011, 17e 1d 126 s 4d l 293 5d 293 5) DU PIES ON FOREIGN CORN. vitrEAT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I AYE. BEANS. YEAS. Is Od Cd Is Od Is Od I Is Od Is 01 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. Wheat, 103,150; Barle-, G,208 ; Oats, 15,675 ; Eye, 7:1; Beaus, 4,048; Peas, 1,r99 quarters. 111ARLBRO'-STREET.—(T HIS DAY.) ASSAULT ON THE POLICE BY A LICEISSED VIC TUALLER.—fir. Win. Davis, a, licensed victualler residiug at No. 9, 0:d-street-road, was brought before Mr. Hard wick, charged with assaulting the police while in the execution of their duty. Johncock, A 304, stated that about half-past ten last night he was en duty in the Haymarket, when he saw four prostitutes in convcrsaaion together. He crossed ever the road and sent them away. Just as they left the prisoner, who he had not seen before, cause up to him and struck him a violent blow on his chest, and kat cited him backwards some three or four yards. The prisoner -then r&d, " What do you main by insulting my wife? "and before witness could reply the defendant Struck him again several times. At this juncture suother constable came to his assistance, and, after a Severe struggle, the defendant was lodged in the station. Obey, A 299; said he saw the last wittiss struggling With the prisoner, and on asking what it was all about the defendant instantly struck him on the breast and knocked him against the shutters. After the prisoner 11 'ns secured he threatened to mark witness, and give pins such a muzzeling as he never bad in his life, and that he should just like to have a five minutes' turn with hire or any other constable. The defendant was exceed ingly violent when at the police-station. Duncombe, who appeared for the defendant,cross• °Ur:pined the constables at some length, bat elicited nothing to shake their evidence in the least. The Learned Gentleman, on behalf of his client, said that last night his (defendant) had been to the Haymarket Theatre with 4 i B wifa, and as they were on their way home, defendant had occasion to leave her for a few seconds, end on his return he was informed that she had been grossly in suited by the first witness. The defe ndant naturall y felt muchannoyed at this, and on going up a nd ex p ostulatin g With the constable, the latter took him into custody and dragged him to the station like a felon' He (Mr. Dun cerabe) was extremely sorry that Mrs. Davis was not kb:e to attend and explain the matter further, but if the ease was adjourned to a future day he had no doubt she would be hi attendance. The constables stoutly denied spe akin g to the de fendant's wife at all. Mr. LlAnnwrcx was of opinion that the charge ought to be further investigated, and directed the defendant to enter into his own reaognizances to appear t his "ay l‘ez,lc. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) Samuel Horsley, driver of the cab No. 1,775 with the badge No. 1,828, appeared on a summons before Mr. Yrtvhit - , charged under the New Mttropolitan Car tilage Act, with leaving his cab at night on the stand Unattended to. William Stafford, A 431, stated that, on the morning ‘,,! Thur s d a y l as t, a t half-past one, being on duty in uoswell-street, be observed an elderly respectable female i ta . nding at the caner of Old-street and calling for a cab, for several minutes, without any answer being V.ade from the stand, w hich was directly oppo si t e. accordingly went up to the stand, and found that 'unre were three cabs in waiting , but not one driver nor the waterman nor any pe rson in care. The h ui wsnt on. In the meantime his inspector came up, . 41 4 on hearing the case went round to the coffee-sho p s, .7 . 1 9 returning without having s een anything of the ;Tiers or watermen, he directed w itness to wait the re -4". At two o'clock the three drivers c ame to their [ h a ees, and in reply to his questions stout l y asserted that t'Y had not been five minutes away. fa The defendant said the statement of the officer was ,Pdr. T YRWHITT cons idered the case proved. I t was the practice of men like the defendant to keep out of the night, of respectablo people who want cabs at t hat time of t, because the ( lavers prefer to watch for dru nken persons, of whom they can take ad vanta g e. Thus the ee 3 Pectable portion of the public was put to c onsiderable inc onvenience. As this appeared to be a first offence, he w sad sentence the defendant only to pay five shilling 4 "`the costs, or in default to be impri soned seven dap. The other men appeared to summcns es on the same M "&e, and were also convicted and fined. EAST INDIA HOUSE. SURVEYS Or ROADS IN INDIA. At the close of the proceedings of the Court of l 'V S t India proprietors, held yesterday , Colonel el irkon submitted the following resolutions : 14 4 That th e C our t of Directors be rcquest ed to have ro om, and laid upon the table , in the p ro p rietors' "Sch e d u l e the following papers:— -I Sch e d u l e of those collectorates under the Bombay su Pre sidency, of which there exist e ither the original 'IreYS or f ac - s imiles thereof in prin t, in view to the . • uat possible publication of those- valuable documents la o rd t he most convenient form, as in the case of t he Of H 1 11%110 ' 3 Survey of England, and of' a like publication the is whole of the Madras, and of a large portion of onsbay Presidencies, and in substitution of the tt „Y meagre and inaccurate maps alone procurable at of the scientific institutions or mapsellers throughout ()ado! ) . to:Schedule o f th e ma d e roads, excepting tho se of the e itel l i l s and the civil and military stations, throughout their lengths of the Bombay .Presideney, specifying g et ir metalled aad and general widths, such cf them as are n aad bridged, such 113 ore metalled only, al which are constructed of moolum, or a like . soft n,e e t d r ia3er; also the obstructions from imperfect drainage d clivities to which the transit or mere an -4,,a10ng them is subject." 1 : 1 ( 3 n. CHAIRMAN, before proceeding_ with the moith e next for consideration, begged leave . to assure ki "Aid that no one could be snore anxious than or tu ti s i elf and colleagues to afford the public the benefit e surveys so long ago made of a considerable p.or -14- °f the Bombay Presidency, the delay in giving me asure timely publicity to which had been in great evasure occasioned by a less perlect triangulation for bad them with the great survey of India than zithe r b een subsequently deemed necessary; while the k o e ! laformation moved for, and so necessary for re % Z i ng all doubts as to the nature of our principal Nvit ": 4 l unications throughout the Bombay Presidency, p u he course of preparation for being laid before the Colonel DICKINSON—by whom the motio n which elicited these o b serva ti ons had been brought forward ." glad to hail such a cordial declaration from the i Cha irman as an earnest that it would not be for want of Ite ;ltere s t, or any exertions on his part, if the public d here much longer debarred access to those copious and t e ri.Y executed surveys which be had reason know,he much had, a generation ago, been completed, though i rch feared that with so limited an establishment do eu lt . Permanently entertained for preparing such t meuts for the press, the expectations held out abl e 'Le Chairman could not in any reason des,„ abe realized—in support of which thi t i" ll " in g view of the cast he would merely observe lik e In 1840 it was announced to the public, from a Btl authentic s ource , that sheet 57 of th e Indian t ati ," B, contai n i ng a portion of the Sholapore collect°. wherea s in the course of that year be published, lad e " 8 , it is to this day a blank on the or tsneet. Colonel Dickinson was also desirous 4 leet rawing rio II!. already attention to the fact, that in the three of t he published of the Malabar province is made of the names of scarcely any aff ord e , Principal rivers, nor is any E xplanation e ' for enabling the man of business or touris ta vays to judge of the nature of the public N't.ryvvhere laid down—in all which that the he expressed a coadent hope ay ouid e forthcoming maps of the Ilmabay Presidency vati on ant b 3 found wanting. With these few obser by i fs he could, in deference to the wishes expressed th e Ronourable Chairman, have no objection to withdrawal of his motion. MEL vas L e . ANcttomt ACCIDENT. --Yesterday an inquest tow- 4 Id at the Engineer Tavern, Gloucester-road, Camden -I.utii",,on the body of Mr. Charles Baker, aged 39, a master V as resi ding at 35 Gloucester-road Villas. The deceasad. tu rd - a -i tiect to an overflow of blood to the head, .and on _ es Sa le men last he complained of severe pains,in hid I t h emp cked h ; ent home between six and seven o'clocr, an no * le i 3 s . front door. On his wife going to open the qreet . door, te fro nt "rd a heavy fall, and found the deceased yingt:rneughb Whit underteath an opening in the porticgo, t Quit e . deceas:d must have fallen backward... He was heat Insensible, and, on the arrival of Mr. Weston, the emi- Nie t i s rg eo ln , his skull was found to be fractured. Every for his ent . 34hieli surgical skill could dev ise was tried in vain • Vererelief, and h e di e d i n about eight hours afterwards. t et " Accidental death." rdakext, o "II" AND SIIICIDE.—A man named Sam uel e t°°, formerly a baker in Spalding, took a qua t n h t' e ity t _ .os o e f wrist: on "Thursday last, and from the largeness of e _ f ef eet t l i; n g was produced, but the poison had taken , h Th.— at death ensued on Sunday morning. The wi_et w ch n ed i the nbhad seduced his own daughter, a young girl folio t 6 th e dig, of a dressmaker. The girl being enciente, le d to b ia _ i _city Pillili i " ver Y , and the inhuman father, unable to face the his atrocity has added the crime of suicide to the •‘,, , ,C 0 1 and fearful crime ' of sez.luction, Seaton was the man of lat ely made an attempt to perform the Herculean task f walki •orv i .,,,,ng 1,000 n3ides in 1,000 hours, which he abandoned Itei a r d ` of Patronage, after about afortnight's trial. uy. Poc k ?, BUSINESS.—The New York Dry . "" - Pri 7 t . 27 gives the following instances of quickness o f ot 11 1 . 1 0 /0 8 2 transactions between Europe and New York : A rAii ro :( l manufacturer sent goods from his warehouse, via, to Liverpool, on the 19th of August, they wele /‘T e ', ( l) ..V o r r in board the steamer Atlantic on the 21 st , arrived in k on Sunday, the Ist of September, were sold by 3d , i - ne.trd on Monday, the 2d, delivered on Tuesday, the , sketch of thesame returned by the steamer Europa ch th e Bt2tift Boston on Wednesday, the 4th Allowing aio r , 'aor an average run, the consigner will be in .posses the date e result of the shipment in twenty-seven days from filter °f consignment, a shorter space of time than would cc / _, to e-aPse between the giving of an order and re goods f rom an American manufacturer." 11 .4 , 11 4 , r... a Lean ACCIDEeST ON THE GREAT WES TERN eOmpawAl.."--The directors have ordered the office rs of this 1 137 t o institute a s till f ur ther and more searching in nto the cause of the late accident at Wootton Bassett. dv ERp etea te WEDNESDAY.The United Sates naOr n i - "l ) At: f; ane, CaptainW st left the Mefsev th's 1 0 , ng for 4 tas=sefigerr York, with the usual mars. She had about THE SUN, MEXICAN BONDHOLDERS. --- Colonel. Facio bus, by order of his Government, cora municktel to the Committee of Mexican Bondholders the following correspondence: -- (Translation.) " Mexico, Aagu•t 6, 1850. " Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, " Gentlemen, —A few days before the departure of the packet last month, I addressed you officially, by order of the President, irquiring ii 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 question, I have now, by the exixess order of 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 to: yet been sent, the President desires me to tell you that it ebsoluttly must be done by the next English packet. " The Government which makes sacrifices to main tain its credit, and keeps its c fficials starving rather than touch the funds which have been assigned for the payment of the external and domestic debt, has an un doubted right to watch over and to adopt all the neces sary measures, that these sacrifices should have the de aired result. "You will reply as may be advised within three days, and understand that, if you fail to do so, such proceed ings as the case may ri quire will be adopted. 41 ' " 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 6th 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 Arrangoix and Mr. W. I'. Robertson, it is stipulated that the funds which the resident Mexican agent of the bondholders receive for the payment of dividends remain, 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 against 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 of the Bth July, 1849, we alone, there fore, are responsible fur 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. " We beg to assure your Excellency of our considera tion and respect. (Signed) " MANNING and MACKINTOSH. "Isis 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. In 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 aro 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. " God and liberty. (Signed) " PA MO. " 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 Excellency of the Ist inst., accompanied by a copy of the account of the contract concluded 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 to your Excellency that we do not agree to our being debited with 679,902 dolls, as the amount of the 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 Arraegoiz, and Mr. W. P. Robertson, which is to the following effect, viz : " Art. 6. The permission to import raw cotton which the Government gave to the creditors on the 19:h of July, 1847, valued at 680,000 dolls., being in payment o f sums which belonged to them an were taken from the maritime customs of Vera Cruz and Tampico, re mains definitely 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. " M ANNING and MACKINTOSH. "His 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, 18 4 7; 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 to being charged with the 679,902 dulls. for the cotton licences which were transferred to you, in conformity with the sth article of the agreement of the 20th July, 1847, in reimbursement of amounts collected at the maritime custom-houses, intended for the pa) ment of dividends, but stopped in virtue of the decree of the 2d May, 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. Robertson, which says that the said licerSces shall definitively remain for account of the bondholders at whatever loss they ma thaty eve ntually be realised; but you have forgotten this convention is not yet ratified by the two parties in whose name it was concluded, viz, by the Congress, an d 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 desire whether to say that it is necessa r y that y ou should state, or not, you have realised, wholly or in part, the said it licericee; and in case it shoul d have beers done, how 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. (Signed) " () CAMPO." CALIFORNIA. A feeling has now become prevalent that the last accounts from California are of a character to con firm more strongly than ever the most favourable an ticipations of its present and permanent yield. From the first there has always been reason to suppose that such general statements as might reach us would be lather under than over the truth, and every succeeding account has tended to rapport that impression. The inducements to exaggeration were to be looked for in the desire of land speculators to get the country peopled, and also in the universal impulse on the part of discoverers to exalt the woaders they have exclu sively seen. But, although these must have operated, especially amongst Americans, with extraordinary force, there were influences to be recognised on The other side of a still more poweiful character. The land speculators have never been more than a small minority ; and the mess of the population working at the mine's have te, if there ed, always was any doubt about the suppl herfore being it been interested in preventing any further arrivals; *bile as regards the love of the marvellous on the part of discoverers, it must be recolected that this would be far more than counter-balanced by the in variable tendency of the world, and especially the scientific portion of it, to adopt the safe urse and the Ito treat as a delusion everything that exceeds range of routine experience. A still stronger pro bability that the country and its products would bin liable to be adversely described existed, moreover, in the fact that all that went to it were impelled by in ordinate acquisitiveness, and that vast numrs leastbe longed to the unth inkin g classes, who be are fit to emigrate, and who would be disaippointed anywhere. The noise made by one such person 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 has been no less humiliating than was the wild folly of which it has been the penalty, must likewise be taken into account as causing everything to be looked at from this side through a false medium. All faith in the possibility of success ful enterprie has been destroyed, and there has been no thought except that it must be vain to look in other parts of 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, eomething•like a sense of the imper tance of the movement is, as we have Feld, at length beginning to grow up, but it will be long before a real estimate of it will take root. At this moment, according to the advias by the last packet, thereCali are f ro m 50,000 to 100,000 persons approaching fornia by the overlan d tracla The e migration to San Francisco by sea a lso continues, and will again be greatly augmented by the continues, o the last re ports, and by the shortened transit through Nica ragua. The population of the state, therefore, bids 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 United States within the memory of many. Last year, when the number of persons in California was not more than 100,000, the most our was y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1850. able statements represented the average daily earnings of each individual not to exceed 5 dolls. This year, in the statements of a similar character, the amount is represented to be between 6 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 somethirg like a feeling to that effect exists among the present inhabitants 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 in 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 have so long dirtected 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, NI ho 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.— Times' City Article. COUNTY COURT ABUSES. FRAUDS UPON TRADESMEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE. Sin t —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 fol lowing. I am a beerseller, and upcn 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 half-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. 6d. 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 2s. 6d, thus giving the 1/. 2s. 61. 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 St. Paul's Church-yard, and though a pouring wet night my house was the first he came to, although a mile 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 cision of the Cuunty Court in such a case, and the suitors are entirely at the mercy of the judge, how ever stupid, unreasonable, or prejudiced he may be. — ED. SunJ CAXTON'S " PROOE-SHEET.-Mr. Walker, 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 hook printed by Jodocus Badius 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,; Esrl 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 o: 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 insur r e ction 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 for 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 P—. The latter, on seeing the ex lieutenant, declared that he knew nothing of him; but the li eu t en ant 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. CARDIGANSRIRE. A BOLD WOMAN. Police constable Harrison, of the constabulory rural police in this county, stationed at the village of Ltanrhy stvdt, having oc casion to come to Aberystwyth on business, left his wife at home. No sooner had 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 stolen property on his person. She secured the thief, ar.d detained him until her husband re turned.—. North Weirs Chronicle. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SWALLOW.—In the summer cf last year one of a small batch of enthusiastic or nithologists in Methvcn, 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 sonic me thod in obtaining a settlement of the question. The only 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, on the 13th day of April, among the last influx of returning emigrants, appeared the identical bird, thereby . overthrowing the hypothesis that they do not 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 Saturdsy last a young man, named William Marsden, of Deanlicad, 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 their window, saturated with blood. Slight traces of blood were also ob served on the gate leading to the spot whet e.the clothes were found. There were about 301. ia 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 in forming gh2pt a e .rf iffei c nre effected, oct c v nithp e e d ai dggi ,shi c ?e e da,r i en i t e g utt ahht r i ee n ed s tei t i seb e ente a -utib d nrr ebe o gai f nmt h a ffsax fl tnweh a dit t el tes n otl ah e f ot , teir t hnnm h eg e ebso n rei dr e or W enteshem l o e of i rT : ehno the.figs. rs d l Oue of the iron girders is nom in its place.— Buildcr. The Austrians could not thresh tte because the Magyars would not show them their backs.: ranch. LITERATURE. STELLA AND VANESSA. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. The Lord President of the Council has returned to BJwood-park, Wilts. The Noble Marquis, accom panied by the Marchioness of Lansdowne, leaves Bo wood-park on Monday next for a few week?. Lord John Russell was to close his visit to her Majesty at Balmoral 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 John Russell. The Right Hon. Sir Francis T. Baring, accom panied by the Misses Baring, who left hip► 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 lion. Sir George Grey, Bart., was to have reached Balmoral yesterday, from Fallodon, near Alnwick, to attend the Privy Council, and to resume his attendance on her 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. Pox Maule, M.P., was to have arrived at Crathie yesterday, from Birnam Lodge, near Dunkeld, in order to attend the Privy Council. Earl Grey, accompanied by the Countess and Lady ARO() Lambton, intends to reside at Alnwick 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. _ Thelight Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, at prc sent on a tour in Ireland, is expected to return to Erlstoke-park, Wilts, the week after next. T LIE 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. Home, of Long. acre, is painted on the body a brilliant ultra-marine blue, with ciitn son, white, and silver decorations in enamel and mosaic style; the pannels emblazoned with the heraldic insignia (elaborately executed) of the arms of the City of London, the Cutters' 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 Ilodgkinson's carriage has been built at the establishment of Messrs. Laurie and Merrier, of Oxford -street. The body is painted a beautiful bright green; the framework gorgeously though tastefully ecriched with gold, and on the panels are displayed the armorial bearings of the City, Spectacle-makers' Company, and those of Mr. liodgkinson. The interior is lined with white cloth and handsome gold-coloured silk ; the hammer-cloth is white, elegantly trimmed with green fringe 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 Mem?. 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 ci Chuisser. From the shoulders of each coat depend handsome aguillettes. Mr. Sheriff Carden's liveries, made by Norton and Co., are coats of a deep blue colour, orna mented with silver lace and braiding, and white waistcoats, &c. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when General Sir William !d. Gomm, K.C.11., was sworn in Commander-in• Chief of the Com pany's Forces, and an Extraordinary Member of the Council of India. STEEPLECHASE. There was a steeplechase on Sunday in the Park of Rambouillet for a silver cup, value 500 f. It was in heat:; the distance was about 1,800 yards, and there were five hedges, two walls four feet high, a brook two yards deep and t►iree yards wide, preceded by a hedge, to leap. The horses which started were M. Moisv's Culverthorp, the same with which, in 1846, Captain Peel woo the steeplechase at Berney; M. Tony Mou tcl's Peter Simple, M. Quclet's Constantine, and Count de Montgoin, ry's Blue S!ockiag. The last-mentioned won the first heat, the second was won by Culverthorr, the third by Peter Simple. A fourth heat was then run between Culve: thorp and Peter Simple, and the former won by hallo, 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 its 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 of an hour he recovered. The steeplechase collected 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 spectatpra. It will bo found that Parr again made a long score, and that at the close of the first innings the Eleven had headed their opponents by 77 runs. The score at the close of the second day's play stood thue:— LOUTH. W. Locock, Esq., b Wisden l6 R. P. Allington, Esq., b Wisden 2 R. Sutton, Esq., c Iliflyer, b Wisden .. 11. Cheales, Esq., b Wisden 0. lianbury, Esq., h w, b Clark J. Ilollway, Esq., b Wisden F. Tinley, b Clark Rev. E. Elmhirst, b Wisden E. Blayds, Esq., c Marshall, b Wisden G. Luard, Esq., run out . C. I'. Loft, Esq., b Wisden W. Chapman, Esq., b Wisden 6 J. Rogers, Dq., c Box, b Clark J. Tunnard, Esq., b C1ark......... ...... .. A. A. Morgan, Esq., c Guy, b Wisden 1 J. B. Parker, Dq., c Box, b Wisden I J. Rav Esq., b Wisien ....... .. R. Walls, Esq., b Clark. ... 11. Smythe, Esq., b Wisden... ...... .... ...... 1 W. Marshall, Esq., b Clark ..... .... ..... 2 11. Grantham, Esq., b Wisden J. M. Lister, Esq , not out .. 0 Leg bye ... .. ........ Total ,•••• 107 THE ELEVEN. Hilly er, c Morgan, b Parker Clark, b Parker ... 2 Parr, c Blayds, b Ti n l e y Wisden, c Morgan, b Parker Martingell, h w, I;Tinley Pilch, b Holl way Box, c Ray, b Smith 9 Guy, c Locock, b Tinley N. Felix, Esq., c Allington, b Tin1ey......... 18 A. Marshall, Esq, not cut A. Mynn, E< q., c Holloway, b Parker Byes 2, wide 20 Total CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 25.—The writ had not arrived here up to the dispatch of 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 afterward. The Rev. W. P. Bally, M.A., Fellow of Clare Hall, Mr. F. L. Spinks, M.A.., of Magdalen College, and Mr. R. W. elkeffington Lutwidge, M.A., of St. John's College, have been added to Mr. Cowling's com mittee; and the Rev. F. PT. Harper, low of St. John's Coll e ge, th e R ev . G. F. Runes, 13. D., Fe:low and Junior Dean of St. John's College, and the Rev. 11. G. Williams, B.D , Emanuel Col lege, to that of Mr. Wigrain. THE LATE ROBBERY AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN TIIE CITY.—Up to last night no clue had been obtained of the perpetrators of this mysterious and daring outrage, al though the officers having the conduct of the matter, In spectors Howard 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 bookseller 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 bo was picked up by a waterman named Smith, who lives at Ar lingh am. Upon it were found a gold watch (stepped at 23 minutes past ten) and chain in the waistcoat 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 o f " F oun d d row ned" was returned. n A f n t elr he ew b • osolkvassall'e i l n l k t n h o e w n n e i ig n h t b b o is ur c h it o y Od h o a f vi li ng er a e t f t o en rd d .— ea H m e o r s e. ford Journal. i NEW PORT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.--The Cori 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 front 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 poet, the Government applied for a credit of 3,000,000 f., wite the addition of a subvention of 500 000 f. furnished by the town of Bastia for the construc tion of a 112 W port. The works are now in active progress. The port will be of vast dimensions. It will el - lesion a sur facel afford ion depth o f o f of more than 12 h ec t ares ( 26 acres), one-half of which will present a depth o f 6 metres (19 feet), and of which 3 h o e 6 ct f a e r e e t s ). at Aleamsotlwei in l the direction r e ad north h re tthoanuuttmb will etres 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 which, for an extent el forty leagues from the Cap Curse to Porto Vec chio does not afford a single ha r b our o f re f u g e ." • GOOD NEWS FOR DEAF PE R SONS.—The v a lue of e th gotta percha as a conve y er o f soun d h as b een realized in been i Glenorchy chapel, Matl o ck . Bath. An apparatus with hn put up for the b ene fit o f some w h o are several years. tro ubled deaf ness, and had not heard the preachingfor They are now enabled to hear quite distinctly by the use of tho tube.—Derby Reporter. _ VAUXHALL 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 amount 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 price, whilst the quality will be indifferent, and the crop far below the usual average. Loan COCKBURN.—We understand that his Lord- ship is still 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. - - ACCIDENTAL SUFFOCATION —On Tuesday even ing, the wife of a respectable tradesman 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 readied home. ITALIAN POTAToES.—A vessel arrived from Naplfs 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. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, i THE NEPAULESE AMBASSADOR BEDFORD Pth's CRS. \i - EDNESDAY. 1 BEHIND THE SCENES. The Stratton Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each with 30 The Ambassador of Nepaul having expressed the guineas added. Once rouild. (4 Subs.) wish to go " hebind the scenes" of the Opera, the di- Mr. Elwes's Mrs. Tart, 5 yrs, 84 1016 (Rogers) 1 rector, • M. Rcquepian, intimated that he should be Mr. G. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, Bst 1016 (No-man) 2 most hay to receive him ; and Saturdgv was the Mr. Cdrew's aillipiv, 4 3 rs, Bst 31e ...(R. She rvvocd) 3 - t- i Beiticg— 6t04 on (Minns. Won by two lengths. day taxeu u .br . the visit. .At bout ( leven Z . 'elook the The Two yrs old Stakes cf 10 scvs. each, with 50 added. niece and his suite arrived in sev ral carriages, anal Winners once of 1031. Sib extra. Lest halt -mile. their si,l,rdicl jewels locked v. ell in the sunshine. (9 Subs.) The distinguished visitors were first . taken to the Mr. G. Iliggics's Theseus, Bst 7lb (Rogers) 1 great dancing•rocm, in which the members of the Mr. 11. Waring's Gloom, Bst 41b ... (Barftnlomew) 2 corps de ballet were taking a lesson. A gilded arm- Mr. Itolt's Ingratitude, Sit 416 ..... ... (R. o,tiorn,) 3 chair was prepared for the Prince, arid he watchtd Mr. Robins's gby the Cardinal, S. a 71b ... (Homer) 0 the lesson with the greatest interest. After sit'ing Lord Strathmore's Faux Pas-31b exra ... (Crouch) 0 Mr. J. C.sssidy's WhisFxr, Bst 41b........ (W. Thick) 0 nearly an hour h e wa s asked if he did not feel some ennui. But Lord Warwick's Banterer— 3lb extra ... (Dockers y) 0 fall with, he repli(-d that . he could remain till . night ,easure The director, however, in order Betting-6 to 4 agst Gloom, 2to 1 agst Theseus, and not to wearyP him,conducted him with great ceremony 3to 1 agst Faux Pas. Won easily by three lengths. Ingratitude a Lad third. to the stage, and he was there placed under the Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles. cancpy si eich serves for the Emperor in the third act Mr. Charlton's Kissaway, 4 yrF, 9st lab. (Rogers) 1 of La Juice. 31dile. Fanny Cerito stood by his side, Mr. Sait's Sam Hood, 5 yrs, 9st 9lb (Owner) 2 and the corps de ballet da n c e d th e di ver ti ssem ent of Lord Strathmore's Magician, 4 yrs, 9st 11b...(P e ttit) 3 the Enfans Trouve, the new opera of M. Auber, Mr. Rogers's Bellissima, 3 yrs, 7st ltb...(Docktray) 4 which is about to be brought out. The Prince Sir . W. Booth's Retail, 4 yre, 9st Ilb (Bartholomew) 0 was delighted, and h e requested that all the per- Mr. Carew's (Edipus, 4 3 rs, 9st llb (Waktfield) 0 sons of the ballet should be presented to him. The Betting —6 to 4 sgst Bellissima-5 to 2 agst Kissaway presentation took place in the great foyer, and when —3 to 1 agst Retail-8 to 1 agst Magician—and 10 to it was concluded the Ambassador delivered a little I agst any other. Won by two lengths, Magician a bad third. speech, which was tran s l a t e d i n t o E ng li sh by his in- The 'Farewell Stakes of 5 soya. each, 3 ft, with 20 terpreter, and then from En g li s h i n t o F rench. The speech was to the effect that never had a n y women added; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Once round and a distance. (7 Subs.) appeared to him so enchanting as those of the Opera, Mr. Daly's Gcodwood, ist 131 b (501.) (Dockoray) I and that he would never forget what he had seen, Mr. James's Sarah, Bst 51b (41b extra) ...(Charlton) 2 however dista n t he m i g ht b e , an d h cwever l ong Mr. Cowley's cby Pantaloon, 6it 91b (501.) 0 Heaven might allow him to live. The director having Mr. Sait's Bastilion, 4 yrs, 7st bib (50/) (Wakefield) 0 sent out for the finest fruits that could be procured, Mr. Messer's Malmesbury, Bst Ilb (501.) ...(Crouch) 0 invited the Prince to partake of them. The Prince Mr. G. Ongley's Camilla, Bst (50/.) ...(C. Norman) '0 replied that, if a refusal would offend the director he Mr. Goeclman's Pell-Mall, Set (501.)...(A. Edwards) 0 would partake of them, notwithstanding the ordi- Betting—Even on Goodwood. Won by a short head. nances of his religion would be violated by his eating The Hunter's Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, with 60 add e d ; the winner to pay 10 soya. to the second horse, and in the presence of strangers; but th a t h e wou ld grea tl y the third to save his stake. Heats. Once round and prefer that the young beauties who su rr oun d e d hi m a distance. should be invited to take the fruits. To this the di- Mr. Bovill's Scratch, 4 yrs, list (1031.) Mr. Tucker's Seagull, aged, llst 81b (1000— 1 2 2 baskets, and devoured the fruit with an alacrity Mr. Brown's Cceur de Leon, Bst 111 b (1001.) 0 0 3 which appeared greatly to amuse the prince. Before Mr. Newton's Taffy, aged, list Sib (1001.) Mr. G. Higgin's Pride of Corre Dale (1001.) 2 0 dr Roqueplan, and shook him warmly by the band. As Mr. Wesley's Chance, aged, list 81b (1001.) 3 odr he did so, he left in M. Roqueplan's hands a costly Mr. R. Walker's Libby, aged, Ilst 51b (1001.) 0 0 dr pocket handkerchief containing 100/. in E ng li s h so - Mr. J. Purser's gby Gilbert Gerney (IOU) 0 odr . verelgEs. The money was im me di a t e ly di v id e d, an d Mr. Overman's The Judge, list 816 (1000 0 0 dr Betting—let heat—Even on Seagull. Won by t wo each member of the corps de b a ll e t r ece i ve d 60f.— lengths. 2d heat-2 to lon Seagull. Won by a length. each scene-shifter and pupil, 30f.—GaIrknani. 3d heat-5 to 2on Scratch. Won by three lengths. BASINGSTOKE RACES.—TUESDAY. The Innkeepers' Plate of 3 sovs. each, with 151 added, for three yrs old, ist; four yrs, Bst; five yrs, Bst 91b; six yrs and! aged, 9st 316. Heats, about one mile and a quarter. Mr. Hayter's ch f Handsome Doe, 3 yrs, 6st 41b... 1 1 Mr. Caffah's b m Francesca, 4 yrs, 7st 4lb ... 2 3 Mr. Manning'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 and aged, 9st 101 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Heats, about a mile and a half. Mr. CatTall's b c Blister, 3 yrs ... Mr. Stallard's b f Woodspitc, 3 yrs sst 111 b... 2 3 dr Mr. Kimmin's c m Jessie, 4 yrs, 7st ... ... 3 2 3 Capt. Dialtne'sg m Rosewood, 3 yrs, Est llb Mr. Bruy ere's brn Fanny Hill, 5 yrs, 7st. 131 b 5 5 2 Mr. Winche's b f Impression, 3 yrs, sst I Ilb 6 1 1 The Railway Plato of 2 sovs. each, and 101. added, for three yrs old, to carry Bst ; 4 yrs, 9st ; 5 yrs, 9st 121 b ; 6 yrs and aged, lOst 41b. Heats, about one mile and is half. Mr. Hayter's c f lianesome Doe, 3 yrs, 5-t 71b 1 1 Mr. Cattail's cin England's Glory, aged, 7st 11b... 2 2 Mr. J. Tubb's ban Francesca, 4 yrs. Est 21b WRECK OF THE SUPERB STEAMER. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—By the steamer Courier, Captain Goodridge, just arrived from Jersey, we have received the subjoined account of the wreck of the Superb on the Minquiers Rocks, which occurred on Tuesday, and which resulted in the loss of eleven persons, who perished in smooth water, and in broad daylight. The particulars are drawn 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 Priaulx, 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 command 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 mekiug 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 filled with water ; her bows having been thrown on the rocks caused her to Feel 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-:?oz-n he got into one of them. This proceeding produced the greatest consternation among the passengers. The fire at the same moment was extinguished by the water, and an itnmedia!e rush was made for the other boat; but all who entered it found a watery grave, kr there is reason to believe that the plugs were not in the boat, and they got off without an oar. The consequence wes 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 baffles 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 barst 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 en 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 were—Mr. Gossett and wife, Mr. Jackson, son and daughter, Mr. Rattenbury, Miss Price, Mr. Se dgwick, Belot Cook Palmer, a fireman, and Patrick, a boy. The survivors are about forty in number. "It is due to a lad, one cf the crew, to mention that he behaved with great gallantry and courage. When others were giving way to despair he set to work to make a raft, which he accoml,lished in less than half an hour. He also ascended to the mast head to give signals. We rcgret we cannot give his name, but he was saved." TUE EARL OF 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 Mercury. MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The third annual meeting of this joint society was held yesterday at Warrington. The meeting was much more numerously attended than any o f t h ose which have previously been held in Manchester or Liverpool. The show of horned cattle was of a very superior description, the Lulls especially being 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 gentlemen in the show-yard were the Earl of Derby, Lord Stanley, Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P., the Hon. E. G. Stanley, &c., &c. We shall give to-morrow a report of the pro ceedings at the dinner held in the evening, at which Mr. Wilson Patten was to preside. The town was thronged w ith visitors ; many hundreds of strangersfrom Manchester 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 of the town, including the Museum, were thrown open to visitors. SOUTHAMPTON, TUEsDAY.—Monsieur Soper, whose fame is almost universal, pid 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 of Mt ssrs. Ker riston and Shalders, ironmongers, of the High-street, they were thronged almost to excess by the principal gentry of the tows and neighbourhood, and for hours did this celebrated artiste fry, boil, and grill mutton cutlets, kidneys, eggs, Ste-, to the evident am usemen t an d taste of his 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 tek.reA to gratify the wishes of his visitor by exhibiting the magic stove on the unoccupied (inside) seat of the vehicle. The operation was so quickly performed that the passers-by, notwithstanding the crowded state of the thoroughfare, knew nothing of what was going on. LLOYD'S.—A general meeting 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 spee4h, pro ceeded to propose the following votes, which wete unani mously passed :—The honorary silver medal to Captain David Cook, of the British barque Sarah of Yarmouth, NM., for his humane and intrepid conduct in saving the lives of the crew and passengers of the American ship Caleb Grimshaw, de stroyed by fire in the Atlantic, November 20, 1849. 5/. 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 ou all railway companies, when an acci dent happens on a line, to make a report to the Railway Commissioners, 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 the subject. Captain Wynne arrived at Hatfieldat an early hour, and was conducted by the railway officials over the differeet portions of the rail way in the immediate district. After having made a minute inspection of the main line and sidings, and ascertained the points and gradients, he assembled the various officials at the station and proceeded to examine them. The witnesses were Mr. Unwin, the acting station -master at Hatfield, and Mr. R. Williams, superintendent of th e company's police.- Their testimony 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 collision are described as going on favourably. Translated from the French by Lady Duff Gordon. 2 Vols. It is oftentimes difficult fo — r fiction to surpass the romance of truth, and assuredly the romantic history of Df an Swift and his rival lady-loves leaves 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. Shift having wept the untimely death of both his unfortunate favourites, and having himself suffered severe mental and physical indispo sition, reproves a child who is playing with fire, and then is struck with the resemblance between the infant's dangerous sport and the reckless temerity visible in his own voluntary toying with temptation. "`lt was that did all the mischief!' said Swift, with a sigh, pressing his friend's hand. This exclamation was all that escaped him, and he again took refuge for ever 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 lapse of a century, alter so many eminent ser vises rendered by Swift to the cause of reason and hu manity, we are now attempting., 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 hi s t ory i s en h anc ed 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 duenna, and her humble and unsuccessful lover, who, as an example of genuine and self-sacri ficing affection, is 'the most 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, Esthei-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 duenna, 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 ruin of her family, during which crisis she displays heroic spirit, Esther Vanhombrigh retires to an Irish estate in the neighbourhood of her lover 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, and 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 indiff:rence, and the manner in which it has been narrated renders it most attractive. • OUR COUNTY. By John Mills. _ 3 Vols. A novel from the yen o( the author of " The Old 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 ball, who are not less attractive from bearing a family likeness to old Tom Bolton. Other and less agreeable individuals figure in the pages 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. With o ut 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 his good qualities are partially thrown into the shade by a reckless 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 TOWNE.—It is a no torious fact that, while the inhabitants of large and populous 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 efficient drains and sewers. People are v ery apt t o sa y, " Oh, the amount ob tained yearly is of such smal l ex t en t a s not to be worthy of the expense of collecting." "Now, there is nothing," as brother Jonathan says, " like cyphering , " Mr. Dempsey states that " the roof o f a h ouse o f the average dimensions of 20 feet square, presentin g a p l ane surface of 403 square feet, receives at least 803 cubic feet of rain water annually, or about 4.800 gallons." Now ,this quantity is equivalent to nearly 13} gallons per day. We really wish every house in the kingdom had such a supply. But, 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 test available method be adopted of purifying it from the carbonaceous matter with 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-devised apparatus for effecting this purpose, and applicable to private and public buildings of all classes, is a desideratum yet want ing in the economical supply of water. —Bader. FLOODS IN THE SOUTII-EASTERN DEPARTMENTS or FRANCE —The plains in the vicinity of Perpignan have recently been flooded, in consequence of the overflowing of the water-courses, occasioned by tremendous rains. At Per pignan the quarter of the Tanneries was submerged, and the occupiers of bous.s had passed 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 such violence through the gutters that the streets could not be crossed, and temporary bridges had to be established. The gardeners of Saint Jacques, however, chiefly suffered, all their crops having been destroyed. In the country districts the damage done was inimense. To the south-west the waters were so deep and spread so wide that it was impossible for any communication to reach Perpignan. The roads from Arles, and those from Narbonne were impracticable, both they and the adjacent fields being completely under water. The Toulouse diligence neatitVallari a was carried away by the violence of the torrent, and floated for some 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 an Indian Cashinqre 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 M AIL TRAI N .-0 11 T ues d a y morning, as the mail tra i n to this town was passing near Admastun, it ran over and Idled 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. —Llereforci Journal. THE FIRE IN TIIE CITY.—At eight o'clock last night the fire 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. Bnyman Boyman, which had been deposited in Messrs. Hayter and Howell's warehouse, end 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 int') 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 cent to their relatives in England. The contents of the chest consisted of gold rings, watches, the epaulets of hair shawls and scarfs, gold and silver pin s , pistols,the hurtingßrig adi e r kn P i e v n e n s u n i e c e lr d , i e g w o a o t r s k ' : gold ear-drops, and lockets. The iron safe was gut out of Messrs. Hayter and Howell's ruins during yesterday after noon. For nearly an hour the greatest • xcitement prevailed for the safety of the contents, but after cooling the iron, which was perfectly red with heat, it was found that the deeds and other documents were shrivelled up. At present they are illegible, but it is expected that they may be ren dered legible. Great iron weights of 561b2. each have been found in the ruins completely melted. RHUDDLAN ROY AL EISTEDDFOD AND NORTH WALES FESTIVAL. THE BARBIC CHAIR PRIZE. RHUDDLAN, WEDNESDAY.—This prize.c 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 Welsh on Yr Adgyfcdiad (the Resurrection), the chair prize cf 251. and a gold medal. Fur 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 candidate. 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 Meuric 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, Dq., Sir John Hanmer, Bart., M P., the Very Rev. Dean of Bangor, Captain Cotton, &e. ; and on his left by Sir Watkin IV. 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, Esq., M.P., Captain Mostyn, John Lloyd Wynn, Esq., the Archdeacon of Cardigan, Captain Morgan, &c. The usual loyal 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 Msjesty drove in an open carriage with Prince Alfred. The Marchioness of Douro was in attendance on her Majesty. Tne dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,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 consisted of the Rev. William Cureton, Mr. 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 House, Yorkshire. LONDON,