The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-06 00:00:00

~-r - Aeon of th e were ~t de lowa/ 11 otls Bd Fo' • to nog Lite 2cl bel l P, to lc' to 8., ; ) 3 I 3 i 31 0 4 , 3 ; ) 1 I • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE VIEI(SALL'6 —l - EsTilillw Y. The r- • • 9 • 1 O) Vinla a list or i tie bets nod yes,erd •) " e°11 ; they do nut chow an:‘, ch•legi : Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. °0 10 4 00 or. Greciar: Mollatain :,•,y :ph 1000 CHESTER CUP. to 20 agst Lord S:r,thinoru's Montaguo—t :ken u° to 20 ag.tt Lord Cliflen's tAen r ,00 0 to 20 a,gst Greville'sa.rissa—taken I'MO to 20 sgst Lurd Milltown's Brother to Dough—t MO to 15 ags t M r. P ayne ' s Glaucl—taken '°°° to 15 agst Mr. Mere 's Miss Ann—!aken l i O OO to 15 agst Mr. Foster's Musician—taken Offers to take 15 to 1 about Langton. DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—taken and kfterwards off..red ::; o °o o t t o o 25 agst Mr. Hill's Ip s us—taken and afterwards offered 20 agtt Sir J. Hawley's Confesor—taken Greciati Was errootously returned as Mr. Hill's in "4 ' nd aY ' s quotation-]. bEPTFORD INN COURSING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. • The Derby. Firit Tier —Lobster b: Exiututn, Merryman bt lop. • . Thu Oaks. Irst Ties—Cigarette bt Sully Grey, Indiana bt ' l e, bt Gimsy. rhe Cup. RPirst Ties—Staymaitor bt Llzzy, Mildrfd bt Eddy, Republican bt Fairtoes, Lady of L0..-bleven bt ueer. Fisherton Stakes t ah l)eci ding Coune—Mr James'a Fame bt Mr. L.kw -ee'd Le a di ng Article,. and won the stulles. Vir g . Deptford Stakes. t Ttes—Myrra tit Fuudholder. Syntax agst "it undecided The Stonehenge Stakes. ra pt. Windham's Victory bt Mr. Bowles's Charmesu. Lawrence's Leghorn bt Mr. Miller's Mgc.a!en. Mr The Amesbury etakes. L awrence's Lucifer bt Mr. Morant's Manimus. Lr• E 4 daile's Gadabout a g o st Mr. Bowles's Jack's-the .) tot run. THURSDAY. Vir g Tie The Drptford Stakes. s continued—Bandit bt Syntax (drawn). The Amesbury Stakes—(continued). Lad!' tadailtes Gadabout bt Mr. Bowles's Jack's-the- kr 1 01 , The Fargo Stakes. +Am' ..• Long's Lion Queen bt Mr. Mil l et's Mav,gie r; B i ggs 's Blazing Billy bt Mr. Bowles's Te Wiorne Stakes.4r• M h iller's Byrsa bt nterb Mr. Grainger's Gay Lad; Mr. G r4ll g e r's Gay Lass bt Mr. Miller's Milliner. The Oaks. Sec ond Ties—Whiff ran a bye; Cigarette bt Indiana. Se The Cup. ki t h e "d Ties—Mildred bt Lady of Loch Loven; Stay er bt Red Republican. Do, HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Z ite - i le of Beaufort's hds., Mon., Hallavington; Thurs., 4, ° ,eks; Sat., Silk Wood. 0 41 .,',A. Smith's hds., Mon., Shoddesden-e.ate; ler i a"," l ; Wed., %V her% ell- wood; Thurs., Waiter s/1-r; ri Boscombe Windmill; Sat., Winterslow-1 1. la c ,m• Ingram' s Hs., Mon., Lorley; Thurs., Drake ' °at., Winchnor-park-- ufford hds., Mon., li , rues., Walesby Village; 4r 8 ., Norwood- park; Sat., Cl own -10i. be e k r * Lumley's hds., Mon., Serooby Inn; Tues., Sand •-.4.11tk; Thurs., Haugton Bar; Fri., Darlington Bar A ll) w lik , e of Rutland's hds., Mon., Piper Hole; Tues., lt,„ °° Y-park; Wed., Croxton park; Fri., Lenton rovROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. e Monday th e rea di ng o f Captain Robert Fitz • 1.4 2 Paper o n t h e I st h mus o f C en t ra l America wsa Pe -I,rnee l• In the first part of this summary of the L 44th rn facts affec ing a passage across the ti 118 much stres s w a s laid on three considers beo , alike influential over all routes supposed to Ni eli gible—namely, the climate, the situation gre w respe ct to inter-oceanic communication on a p ort s°ale), and the indispensable necessity for a f ev " each end of either railway or canal. After ve rnb , r eflections on the instability of the local go on account on the liability of the land itself to change e -en ° ll nt of volcanic convulsions, on the opposition Plan for natives, and on the scarcity of labour, each The '°r crossing the isthmus was briefly reviewed. re e four principal lines were—the Mexican, the Nica ottla, the Pa nama , an d t h e At ra t o , b e sides several i m ` r routes, e i t h er b ranc h es o f t h e Ni carag ua line, or 4 th e Pendent tracks across other parts of the great taa,,T i n t s ; The Mexican line was shown to be lezrd.h:eaho for the general intercourse of the however locally valuable ; its high level, Por g t t-I n and situation, besides the want of take:' are against its general utility. In any route B. ate a 6-• -h thrau ‘ the great Lake of Nicaragua three tion ed ', r e immediately concerned—that just men very rta Rica, and Mosquitia. The country is ouldt °a nic—many locks, viaducts, and bridges the l e „' „necessary for either canal or railway ; and a d e C ; e l4 of such works must be great. There is de ? Le ncy of harbours on this line. iSan Juan onl y Nic aragua (or Grey Town) anchorage, the onl y On e on the Atlantic side, is small ; and the ,T„ g° o cl ports on the Pacific are remote. Sun , i er , l , l , del Sur is "an exposed cove five cables across. " The lake is shallow near its bores, and ex exposed to violent winds. There are six orseve.n propositions for connecting the unmanage able river San Juan with the Pacific, by way of Leon to Fonseca or Conchagua, to Realejo, or to the Tamarinda ' by Nicaragua t o S an Juan del Sur, Cong the Sspoa to Salinas, and by the San Carlos to Nicoya Gulf. The Panama line is short, and a railroad seems feasible; but it wants good ports. A. railway is in progress by an American com tally, who have made very exclusive terms with New Granada. The Atrato river and the isthmus between the Gulf of Darien and Cupica B ay (on the Pacific, in 6 N. lat ) are described as offering b ut not to a ship 'canal on the largest scale , not to a ra il way . Other routes are suggested -Ir°,lll Caledonia Bay to San Miguel Crulf, from San 3 , 4 8 to Chepo, and from Chriqui to Dulie Gulf. reference is given to Panama for a railroad, but t? 4Darien for a canal. The great Mexican " desagiie, s e n Se jibed so fully by Humboldt (in his "New i i ; r a t a ") as one of the most wonderful hydraulic Ce a man, was alluded to as an in lta-n7 a what had been effected by human leatxl),_a;rativen in Central America. That enormous ~„'n is some miles in length, for three of which Th e feet deep, and at the top 300 feet in width. h i n - r e°t e,h colony in Darien at the end of the 17t 111111411,-.Yani and still independent Aborigines of the isth thllbt be the various places from which labourers procured, were also touched on cursorily in p aper Paper. Th e di scuss i on u p o n this important ke e ti a li g a ving been postponed for the next seance, the Was adj ourned to Monday, the 9th of Dec. ° Dr befit4EW STEAM MARINE BILL . — There are at the e "„tne 1,110 steam-vessels in the mercantile navy of N ,r oritain, and upwards of 3,000 accidents have occurred Yea rs . t steamers and sailing vessels within the last three this Th The attention of Government having been drawn to to pr-'',,,,aLter,Captain Denham, R.N., F.R. S., was appointed 411(1,. in ' e ect to the various ports to which the vessels belonged, 4 4. tiebt a - , e rri c any instances, to the places nearest where the acci , Fe edett urredand sue . 41_ eitt iu ,to make inquiry into their causes, lett M obtaining much valuable information on the sub a • Th -ath o • . 6 gallant officer is now engaged with the legal es drawing up a Bill, to be brought before Parlia- Mar' session, for the better regulation of the steam Estat e Ea vY, and to ' compel those in charge of them to adopt 4 et r Precautiona measures than they do at present, the . sta te ° f l!arliamen previously passed being in so many !n -es . etoe„ n applicable, and not by any means imperative the pu , or sufficient to award punishment for neglect of ,egulations. tthy„, th ', CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—A quarterly court 14 eat t e v ernors of this corporation was held yesterday at the t ll re o a s s p h i r t e a r l, C necourt Fleet-street ; Mr. J. A. in ra the chair ' . It appeared that there I'llor at P r esent 63 ' boys and 51 girls in the estab lishment. ,e e a re also two other girls on the books of the instatu " °lo ae lt h-° ', consequence of ill health, were now resident at the of the boys and eight of the girls will have l a 0 4 ; a," age for leaiing the asylum before the next e ec i!t4BY—ejliodr children—two boys and two girls—were yes snetitig t eet ed- The principal resolution passed was one di aee h at in future absence on the ground of illness for the .. charge of months should be considered to warrant the dis aB/I°Old:s4f. the child so absent, unless the medical office - 3 l 'taso n ",, t ne expiration of that time, report that there was p e riod , f 76 probability of the child's return within a further f,, B(l se j; ~, u le months The chairman stated that the been considerably reduced in the items of cloth -the ty , - ats bread, milk, and articles of consumption generally. tio4 Cont routine business was then transacted, and the elec eonntieheed. Zo o monthly LOGICA L geher„ SOCIETY or LONDON . — At the v " . Meeting, held yesterday at the society's house in • 'he :O r 'square, Admiral Bowles, M.P. Vice-President, in eaptsiairqdessrs. Thomas Brooksbauk, ' James Busain, and Croat, u , Uunblett were elect e d Fellows, and Mes rs. James the p„ . -% and Lancelot Dent were proposed as candidates for Viait o :"°wship. The report of the council ,tated that the re as .: B . to the gardens daring November exhibited an in p0.,e.,,,n their number of 4,06 U as compared with the corres te6,BTs.lnonth of last year, making a total excess of sti ew, ,‘ di 1850 over 1849. A compar i son o f t h e i ncome fOrth e , e ' : an improvement of 5,8011. 15s. 11d., which will be increased by the receipt- of the current mcnth. The froi n have receiv e d commun i ca ti ons f rom L or d H arr i s an d Sin L i e utenant-Colonel Butterworth, C. 8., Governor of Val as Vre, of thei r respec ti ve i nten ti ons t o t ransm it severa l Sein, Le additi ons to t h e co ll ect i on i n t h e course o f t h e en spring to FAT AL AL ACCIDENT A T B OO TH' S DISTILLERY. 7 Y welies ,37 f our workmen were employed making repairsin a stag', the wooden supports across which were in a decayed gav e Suddenly the one on which the men were standing to th '•aY, and thr ee o f t h em f e ll i n t o th e na rrow gulf beneath Vi gou m r e depth of about s i x ty feet. The fourth, a young (4 th e " 8 man, felt the st age s i n king, and clung to a , portion rop e wooden f rame l e t t pro j ecting f rom th e well-side, till a de w e9uld be lowered to him. Aided by this he was let (the in search of his companions, who were, after some ttie w e , 4 3 l t,,,Y, raised to the surface and carried to St. Bartholio itju •_4llospital. Whilst the surgeons were exrearmirdg the 410. , otherrict:ire men bad sustained, one of „ th „t e ir s e u a tf e e tate s Whether ere found to be in a seriouslyi sent nj the men down a well %t77 - ' trh.to Ilse 4ttaebed,l?.t°b9irbodies,,\vill,_ htdeeoubhteelfejsr,e, e.dan wheu tlin,fequisitAiiietlturs takes _p: , ~.turager venue . man, anti:tuts wad: a A 4 aufkeby,hia,h;oa.nt,:q's THE SUN, LONDON, MAGAZINES, &c. CID.) - & 1 4 , ...NTLL/11A/V6 MA GA Z 1 /V _h; Sylveitus Urban, albeit be c , ,cimweth party politics, yet, S 4 a student of history, b.,1.3 felt it i ne i l e i eeee uri him to consider the recent Piton' bull festorically, end well his he considered it. He has, in two lines, exactly ex i xessed the great caue of offence in this document, and in,,the missive of Cardinal Wiseman— " the objection is that these documents do not deal with Roman Catholics merely, but with " THE KING DOM OF ENGLAND," and he thus proceeds to state the argument : .‘ W hen the Emancipation Act was passel the Roman Catholics were unquestionably placed upon the same footing as other Dissenters. They became entitled to partake in all civil rights; they oecame, eiititl-d also to the free exercise of their redgion. Beat they were not entitlsd, any more than any other Di-senters, either to set up as a ruling dominant sect, or to do anything which is detrimental to the just rights af the Cianch es• tablished by the State. They were not entitled to deal wit;i the • kingdom,' io declare that it had ceased to be Protestant and had become Catholic, to create cities or to govern counties. If these preknsions are mere mat tots of form, they are off,nstve and foolish forms, and should be withdrawn. It th(-y meet what they assert and seem to mean, they constitute a gjavo offence; they are totally at variance with the assertions of ;he Catholics theins , lves when ernatieqation was granted to them; they are an outrage against the principle of tolerau-n, a high indignity to the English clown and p. , opie, and they render necessary an entire revisiAi of the terms upon which Catholic:, were admitted to sh tie the pii vileget of the Cotislitution. But it is said that the Pope could not be expected to admit the supremacy of the Queen or the validity of our orders. Certainly not. But what the Pope might have adruittA, and should have admitted, is the fact of the existence of our Queen and her authority, and the tact that England has an eAablished Church, and is a Protestant nition, in which the people who adhere to His Holiness have only certain rights and uo more. It does not impugn Papas infallibility to admit the existence of facts. R)man Catholics, and especially the laity, should consider that if their supreme head is wilfully blind to the existence of great facts, if he regards all mankind who do not acknowl« dge his away as mere stocks or stones, and acts as if he himself had all power and authority, it may become a question whether it is possible for his sutjects to be allowed to continue in the exercise of the privileges of complete toleration, which is based upon t , ,e notion of equality of pretensions. Whilst all sects merely claim to be right, all sects may be tolerated; hut, when one sets up a pretence of uni versal dominion, complete toleration becomes difficult, it not irnoossible. Of course we do not mean that Roman Catholics, or any other Dissenters, should not have freedom to exercise their religion; but it na.ty be doubted whether there are nut civil privileges include-d in the idea of complete toleration t which, under such circumstances, Roman Catholics cannot safely be ad mitted ; more especially, as we are now told, both by Mr. Bowyer and by Cardinal Wise-man, that complete toleration of any particular sect means toleration of whatever that seat may consider essential to its • perfect development.' The • perfect development' of Roman Catholicism has hitherto, both in our own country and in others, generally been found to include many things (the Inquisition for instance), the introduction of which was cerainly not comtemplated by the passers of the Emanci pation Act. According to the doctrine of these gen tlemen, convenient and no doubt conclusive in their own estimation, but a doctrine which we do not think will find favour in this country, we are now bound to allow whatevetethey may think fit to introduce, under pain of being considered intolerant and unjust. " As between the English nation and the Roman Ca tholime the question so tar as it rests upon this bull and pastoral, is one of politics, or of political philosophy, rather than of religion." This is, perhaps, the best, as it certainly is the must unimpassioned statement of the case, as between the Papacy and the nation, that has as yet ap peared. The opening paper is an extract from the journal of Mr. Neville, giving a minute account of an evening which he passed with Voltaire at Fernay, on the 4th of July, 1772 ; it is communicated by Lord Braynrooke, the grandson of Mr. Neville. From the interesting nature of the present communication we hope that his Lordship may be induced to give the public some more leaves from the journal of Mr. Neville. Mr. Harwell furnishes a memoir of the eccentric Abbe St. Pierre, and Air. J. Payne Collier the first of a series on Thomas Lodge and his works ; this latter series promises to be most interesting, not only to the literary man but to the antiquary and the bibliographer. It is strange that so sweet a poet and so inventive a novelist (it is to homas Lodge's novels that Shukspere is indebted for his plot of As You Like It, and also for the plot of the Winter's Tale) should be so little known ; he was a great voyager, too, having gone to sea with "Master Cavendish," and doubled Cape Horn ; let us hope that the labours of Mr. Payne Collier will yet rescue him from his undeserved obscurity. The other articles in the Gentleman's are all of great merit, and the illus trations are beautiful. THE CRYSTAL PAL 4CE in HYDE PARK. Saice our last notice of ,his great building the pro gress made in its construetion has really been won derful. The rapidity with which the work is pushed forward beats everything of the kind which has ever been attempted even in this land of industry, and we know of nothing which can at all compare with it, except, perhaps, the growth of particular branches of our manufactures, developed by the full force of auc ces,sful enterprise. Only a fortnight ago, though extraordinary progress had then been made, little more bad been done than arranging the bones and verte bra, so to speak, of the vast skeleton ; but now the details have been filled up over a large portion of the edifice, and the realisation of Mr. Paxton's design is brought within the limits of a few days. There now remains no room for doubt that before the close of the year the Crystal Palace will be completed, and that what Messrs. Fox and Henderson, the contractors, have under ken they will fully perform. Looking to the magnitude and novelty of the enterprise one can not help being struck with the extraordinary energy and skill of which this building will be a lasting menu. men!, and great as unquestionably is the merit of that happy idea which first suggested that the master pieces of the world's industry should he enshrined in a gigantic glass case, even that splendid suggestion is almost lost sight of in the presence of !hose wonderful executive powers, those nice calculations of propor tion and forces, that dexterous application of mecha nical facilities, and, above all, that organized distribu tion of labour, by which in little more than three months so vast an amount of difficult and untried work has been achieved. It is but right, now, while the undertaking is in process of completion, while the busy hands of more than 2,000 mechanics and arti sans are engaged in the actual labours of construc• Lion, to stamp with its true character that energetic execution which has here been so remarkably dis played. The uninitiated can form no idea of the task which the contractors for the erection of the Crystal Palace have undertaken, and the public when this great work has been finished will with difficulty recall the exertions requisite to fill up a scheme not planned by a regular architect. It is unfortunate in some respects, that when such a structure is com pleted the energy which created it cannot be very forcibly realised ; but if, in the approaching exhi bition, a rare proof is required ut what within a given time English enterprise and English capital can do, the great building in Hyde park will furnish that evidence. Its pillared terraces are now at length to be seen in their full proportions ; for of the four extreme corners, east and west, three have been reached. The transept too begins to be crowned with its spacious arched roof, the happy suggestion of Mr. Barry, who, it should be known, has intro duced several very important features into the &sign of the building, by which the general effect will, no doubt, be greatly heightened. The raising and placing of the ribs which are to torn the roof bas only just been commenced. The operation is one of great nicety, end involves, perhaps, a greater amount of mechanical skill than any other part of the work. Some account of the process may be interesting, and we interrupt our narrative of the actual progress made in order to supply it. For the last two months the most remarkbly•looking objects in the huge piles of material collected upo❑ the ground have been a number of huge semicircular wooden ribs, which one might have thought had been originally ietended for the waist of a man-of-war These are raised upon end and set up in pairs, with "purlues" titt,.d in, distance-pieces to support the intermediate gutters, and six sets of cross .bracing to make the whole sufficiently stiff. Ropes are then attached to this framework from scaffolding on either side of the transept, at the point of intersection with the centre aisle, and the power used in raising the ribs consists of four " crabs," so disposed that the men working them can see exactly the extent to which the rope affixed to their crabs should be pulled. As the framework is necessarily broader than the transept, one side is raised about 36 feet higher than the other until the whole mass is raised to the desired elevation. It is then moved on rollers to its proper position in the arch, and dropped into a socket four feet deep, formed for its reception at the top of each cast-iron column in that part of the third tier. The whole of this arrange ment is exceedingly ingenious, and the simplicity of it is not less admirable than the strength and stability which are insured. Eight pairs of ribs are required to complete the roof of the transept, and Messrs. Fox and Henderson calculate that all will be raised and placed in about ten days. Yesterday two pairs had been mounted, and on one of them, at the very crown of the arch, the Union Jack was flying, as if in token of the triumph thus achieved. The transept and the parts of the building adjacent to it have supplied the chief difficulties of construction with which the contractors have had to contend, but just in pro p•.irtion to the obstacles overcome will ba the splen dour of the effect produced. This airy and vaulted compartment will enclose within it a row of lofty trees without any violation of the rules of proportion, and in 11;:rinony with the green leaves and wide spreading boughs in the centre, not only of the tran sept, but also of the whole building, will be placed a splendid fountain thirty feet high. In anticipating the effect which will be produced by this portion of the new building, it cannot but be regretted that the roofs of the transept ani the nave are not of the some form and pitch. Mr. Barry proposed that the arched roof should be carried along the whole centre aisle, end, had his suggestion been adopted, the coup d'ail would probably have been one of the fiuest in the world ; but the Commissioners were frightened by the ad litional expense, which was calculated at about 7,0001. We may here mention that the idea of the trar,sept was originated by Mr. Henderson. Returning to the progress made in the construction, as far as the building has been carried the galleries are prepared for the laying of the flour-boards. A very large pro • portion of the glazing, also, has been dune, and this part of the work is vigorously pressed forward. In a tormer notice we described the sort of hooded carriage in which the painters and glaziers carried on their operations. In some portions of the building these are now congregated in such numbers as to look like a gipsy encampment. Not the least remarkable fea ture in the present appearance of the new building is the extent to which accumulated stores of material of all kinds—columns, girders, window-frames, sash bars, gutters, &c.—have disappeared from the ground, where they lay piled in heaps, and taken their place aloft. Yet the wants of the artificers are still fer from being supplied. The contractors speak with great warmth of the zealous assistance which they have received from the North-Western Railway Com pany in the rapid transmission of material, and it may be mentioned as not the least curious example of the extraordinary facilities which Vis age and country enjoy, that pieces of iron, shaped in the foundry of Messrs. Fox and Henderson at Birmingham, are often within eighteen hours fixed in their assigned places in the Crystal Palace, Hyde-park. The visitor to the busy scene within thehoarding will find in what he sees there an ample compensation for the ss. entrance fee which is at present charged. The arrangement, the intelligence, and unfligging zeal with which the work is pressed forward, the op portunity of watching how a great - , industrious, and skilful population like ours supplies hands fit to ac complish the most novel and arduous undertakings— all these things furnish an ample field for observation and reflection, even when curiosity about the building itself has been exhausted. Accordingly, the number of visitors attracted there daily is considerable, and as much as 20/ is usually taken at the doors. The money thus collected is, we are informed, applied as an accident fund for the benefit of the workmen. In this respect, when the dangerous character of the ope rations is considered, the people employed have been very fortunate. Yesterday the Royal Commission held its first sit ting in the Crystal Palace, and was presided over by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who arrived there as early as eleven o'clock, and, having minutely ex amined the works, expressed himself greatly pleased with the progress made. One of the chief subjects under discussion before the Commissioners was the manner in which the new building should be painted and decorated. In order to assist them in forming an opinion on this point, flags were placed at differ ent points on the exterior, and drapery suspended within. A portion of the principal façade also was fitted with the ornamental castings suggested by Mr. Barry, and Mr. 0 wen Jones had prepared by way of experiment some specimens of the way in which the interior might be painted. As to the exterior, the Commissioners decided that it should be p tinted plain stone colour. The interior Mr. Owen Jones propos,d to paint as follows :—Blue, white, and yellow for the columns ; blue, white, and red for the girders; red, white, and yellow for the roof. T h e e ffe ct o this combination of colours he illustrated in two very clever pictures, giving the perspective of the centre aisle and the transept, and finished in the marvel lously short space of six days. These pictures were certainly not ill calculated to do away with the strongly unfavourable impression which the experi ment on a portion of the building produced on nearly all who saw it. The Commissioners went fully into the matter, and the result at which they have arrived has considerably modified the suggestions of Mr. Owen Jones. Red is to be expunged from the roof, and white and blue colours, the most delicate and the best adapted for a crystal palace, are to be substituted. On the upright columns and girders red is rejected, blue and white being retained, and just sufficient of the yellow to reduce the effect of the whole to a neu tral tint. What the appearance of the interior may be, with the colours which the Commissioners have selected, it is not easy at present to say, but, at least, their selection is an improvement upon the design of Mr. Owen Jones. As the Prince was 1, aving the Exhibition a singular scene took place. ,A large brill at the entrance was sounded, and in an instant, from every part of the huge the 2,000 men employed came scrambling onward, to give:him'a .parting cheer. It was a re- DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. The scandalous discomfiture of the royalist troops by Humbert in '9B, familiarly known as " the race Castlebar," is graphically described in " Maurice Tierney," wherein there is also a most humorous de scription of Tom Colooney's first appearance on pa rade, which, did space permit, we would willingly transcribe. ‘. The Mystic Vial," than which few better tales have appeared in the monthly press, is brought to a conclusion. The interest is well sus tained to the end, without the interposition of any preternatural agency, as we were induced to antici pate from the earlier portion of the story. A dwarf Tale of the Crusaders," entitled " Marguerite de Vienne," has the merit of brevity. We aka rather the simple and plaintive ballad of " Dark Margaret." The other four papers in the present number are ad tnirable. The essay on the writings of the great modern historian, Alison, is a masterly production, old will amply repay perusal. " Leaves from the Portfolio of a Manager" are evidently a contribu tion from an amiable and accomplished gentleman, Mr. Calcratt, the lessee of the Dublin Theatre. Well do we remember his first appearance on that stage— Consule Planco—in poor Abbott's managerial reign, Tullus Autidius, Anno Domini 1825. This is a delicious piece of dramatic gosip, replete with shrewd remarks. We can but indulge in a single ex;ract, wherein is too Much common sense to be palatable to many : " Don't collect books, and don't envy the possessors of costly libraries. Read and recollect. Of course you have a Bil,le and Prayer-book ; ad,l to these the Pilgrim's Progress, Shakspere, Milton, Pope , Byron (if you like), a History of England, Greece, and Rome, tiuswelt's Life of Johnson, and Napier's Peninsular War. A moderate sum will give you these ; and you possess a Cabinet Encyclopedia of religious, moral, and enter taining knowledge, containing more than you want for practical purposes, and quite as much as your brains can easily carry. Never mind the old classics. (What, not Horace ?) Leave them to college libraries, where they look respectable, and enjoy long slumbers. The monthly periodicals will place you much more au courant with the conversation and acquirements of the day. Add, if you can, a ledger, with 9, good sound balance en the right side, and you will be a happier, and perhaps a better read min, than though you were uncontrolled master of the Bodleian, the Na tional Library of France, and the innumerable tomes of the Vatican into the bargain." The description of the unequalled Paganini is capital. It was no joke for a manager to engage a star who -wept off a clear two-thirds of each night's receipts, besides insisting on minor allowances. Think, too, of 7,000/. being received for six nights' performances of Jenny Lind in Dublin, in the height of the famine,_ and 5,800/. thereof going into the pockets of herself and the parties with whom she was associated. Verily managers have to play a haiardous game! We shall look for more from Mr. Calcraft's note• book In a deservedly eulogistic critique on Blackie's version of lEschylus, the respective trans• lations of the - famous passage of " the Watchfires," by Potter, Kennedy Bailie, Harford, and Blackie, are given; each successive translator, in our opinion, rising superior in merit to his predecessor. Jonathan Freke Slingsby, whilst, as usual, he delights, this month almost surprises us, in his " Carol for Christmas." After some prose paragraphs, fraught with exquisite simplicity, which more than once verges on the sublime, he pours forth a poem. fully worthy of Alfred Tennyson. Well knowing, as we long have done, his powers of ballad writing, whether grave or gay, pathetic or sparkling, and the faultless finish of his versification, yet we confess to having scarcely been prepared for the development of such high poetic powers as pervade the verses of Ravenscroft Hall." It contains some seven or e4ht hundred lines relating:to—but we will not now enter into a detailed consideration of the story, or even of the exceeding beauties of this touching and melodious lay. The present age is not so rich in poesy that a production of such singular sweetness, purity, sod power, as " Ravenscroft Hall," should lung be suffered to remain unpublished in a separate form, albeit it immortalises the present number of the Dublin Magazine. It is understood that the pamphlet announced under the title of " What shill be done with Cardi:.al Wiseman," is from the pen of an em.nent journalist connected with one of the London daily papers. PuILANTHIt +PIC SOCIKTIC.—A quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of this society was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street; Mr. Gladstone in the chair. It was stated that in consequence ut the large amount of several legacies which had been bequeathed to the society, they had been induced to purchase fur 10,0001., the farm which they formorly rented, which consisted of about 140 acres; bequests to the amount of 1,8001. had been re ceived within the last few months. There were now ninety seven buys in the school, who were severally brought up to particular branches of industry—four as carpenters, two as bricklayers, two as smiths, five were reserved for domestic purposes, and there were generally eighty-five or eighty-six employed On the farm. The boys, within the last three weeks, had accomplished for 30s. what, by employing regular labourers, would have cost the society upwards of Si. Altogether the report was highly satisfactory, and was unanimously received and adopted. The secretary men toned that it was intezo.l that a view of the school should fifiids of the I t l o use :, ,irs h ' cn i (a4) n in c , r iiivt e l a gas s betcar of 6r t iear t e i t e be painted for exhibition in the spring of 18 )I, with a view so aa c d h , .3t ot4e ) t -. , joe N tou , No, other teo b u u tp s h i .e - A , lligtiP Pilitai lea ,ciAngi 1,474 FRIDAY EVENING, markable spectacle to see so large a body of people approaching in so many different ways, some slipping down columns, others skipping across joists, and ba lancing themselves dexterously along girders, At last they all formed in a semicircle round the spot where the Royal carrige was drawn up. As they waited in respectful silence the Prince's appearance, a brewer's dray entered the gates with 250 gallons of beer, and, as if by instinct, they recognised that the grateful supply was for them. Of course they wel• corned the dray with cheers. His Royal Highness, on taking his departure, was saluted with enthusiastic hurrahs. We are glad to announce that the Committee of the Exhibition have been so fortunate as to secure the ser vices of Mr. Thomas Belshaw, of Manchester, whose great practical experience in the arrangement and management of the various exhibitions of manufac tures at Manchester, at Birmingham, at Dublin, and at various other towns, renders his uid as an organizer of the greatest possible value. INSTITUTION OFCIVIL ENGINEERS. Nov. 26 AND DEc - . - 3, 1850. (William Cubits . , Eq., President, in the Chair.) 'The discussion on Mr. Struve's paper, on " Mei-Ven tilation of Collieries, theoretically and practically considaed,' was continut-d throughout both the evenings, to the exclusion of any other subject. Tne principal pinta ot the paper were explained to the members who were present at the rrading of the paper. Great stress was laid on the advantages of splitting the current of air, so as to reduce the velocity ot its transit through the mine, and to afford a full supply to the most remote points of the workings. The nigh temperature in the upcast shaft, necessary to produce the requisite velocity of current in the gal leries of mines, when furnaces were employed, was adduced in favour of the employment of Struve's mine ventilator, or other mechanical means of draw ing out air through shafts which were also used for drawing the coal, or raising the men to the surface. The wasteful applioation of steam, in the form of a jet, was insisted on, and contrasted with the small power actually employed at the Eaglesbush Colliery, for giving motion to Struve's mine ventilator. These statements were fully confirmed. It was shown that the speed of the mine ventilator could be regulated to produce any requisite velocity of current in the galleries, and that it was an efficient indicator of the occurrence of any stoppage in the air passages, as on the supply of air being arrested the machine would soon be stopped. In the best mines of the north, furnace ventilation was found to be most efficient, and the stated danger apprehended from the tiring of the gas at the furnace was concluded to be more ideal than real. Never (latices it was admitted, that a good simple mode of mecnanical ventilation merited the best attention of the owners of collieries. Fans for forcing air down into mines had bee❑ tried, but were found inefficient, although considerable power was consumed in pro pelling them. rue difficulties found in using mechanical exhaus ters were then attributed in a great degree to the small size of the inlet and outlet valves, and the im provements introduced by Dr. Arnott in the appa ratus fur ventilating the New County Hospital, at York, were instanced as examples of the necessity for using curtain valves, of large area, for the machines, as it had been found, that as the dimensions of the valves were increased, the power required to work the machines diminished. The most beneficial effects bad resulted from the use of ventilating machines similar in principle to Struve's Mine Ventilator, in hospitals, and on beard crowded emigrant and con vict ships, and by proper attention to the area of the valves the power required to work them was very small. The applicati,n of small water-power engines, like those made by air. Armstrong (ot Newcastle), for giving motion to the ventilating machines, was recommended as very effective, and most economical. The importance of large air channels in short lengths, for furnishing ample supplies of air under ground, was admitted "y other speakers, who, how • ever, objected to the application of mechanical venti lation, preferring its being effected by natural means, which it was contended could be attained by a judicious system of "winning" arrangements. When, however, this was not practicable, Stru% e's apparatus was approved us the be-t mtnerto introduced. A somewhat similar nut less perfect system had been used for some years in Germany, Prussia, Belgium, and in some mines in England. Tne system of sinking 5 tufts on the dip, for the advantage of collecting water, without considering the tendency of gas to accumulate in the upper cavities of the workings, was deprecated, and the more advantageous pain proposed of having the down cast shaft on the dip, and the upcast on the crop, whereby an easier exit would be provided, and a more effective ventilation be established. The application of the steam jet was advocated, and instances were given of its efficiency in clearing the after-damp trout pits were explosions had occurred. It was argued, from experiments, that the steam jet could he rendered much more efficient than the fur nace; but no statement of the relative expense of this plan, as compared with mechanical ventilation, was entered into. The evidence given before the House of Commons in 1835, the House of Lords in 1849, and to the y i t t analysed,ee on Acc i w d i e t a h t s t e n intoeanl n use lessi;n of to force furnace ventil a ti on , under certain cir tuleiwiaut beyond certain limits, it was litidi S u e uulB:4 demonstrating, wails il le ti l o d g 3 c r cuinstances, a current of cold air was found to descend the upcast shaft, torming a false brattice, and arrest ing the ventilation. The steam jet was stated to be capable of such incr ease o f power, and o f such varied application, as not to be subject to this inconvenience. it was contended, on the other hand,that in reality this whenit naturaldid occur ritchee w sy as st s e e m ldo of m sc p a e l r i c n e s i perceived, and and that air, at some di s t ance up the shalt, sufficed to destroy portion it. of It was shown that mechanical ventilation was es sential to clear away the choke or after-damp, so as to enable a mine to be entered after an explosion, when it might be dangerous to light the furnace at the bottom of the pit; but by setting the machine at work with increased velocity a much greater circula tion of air could be caused under any circumstances of barometrical pressure, and the mine could be cleared in a short time. Had this system been adopted the dreadful effects of the choke-damp after explosions would have been frequently obviated, and much waste of human lite might hav e b een avoi d e d . The discussion was adjourned until the next meet ing, Tuesday, December 10,b, when the following paper was announced to be read :—" Description of the ' Royal Border Bridge,' built over the river Tweed, on the line of the York, Newcastle, and Bar wick Railway," by M r . G. B. Bruce, M. Inst. C. E. At the monthly ballot the following candidates were duly elected : — Messrs. J. Barrett, T. W. Booker, M.P., T. I3ouch, D. Brandon, J. P. Budd, E. Clark, A. B. Cochrane, jun., L. Elliot, W. Exail, C. Geach, E. Grove, m.p., J. Hanvey, H. W. Harman, C J. Mare, J H. Porter, K. Turner, C. H. Waring, F. H. Window, and M. D. Wyatt, as associates. WATE - - re eesett;rs. F. itLoo-BRIDGE. The halt-yearly m eet i ng of the pro p r ietors of Water lro a o - v b e r r i n d , g G e wad t eda l y r at the Jenk F in re s em in aso t n h s e ' chair. The report stated that tnere had been an increase in the receipts of the tolls to the year amounting to 3531. 7s. 3i. over the corresponding period of last year, of which increase 2571. bad been derived from horses and carriages, and 96t. from foot passengers. After paying the current expenses, providing for the interest of the company's bonds, and giving a dividend of 3s. in the pound to the mum:tants, there remained a balance of 7601. 12s. The committee beg to call the attention of tiro meeting to a cruse in the Act of Parliament autho rising the proprietors to reduce or raise the horse-gate toll, not exceeding the tolls authorised to be taken, as they might find it necessary for the protection of their interests to raise some of the carriage traffic. The structure continued in a sound state, without any appear ance of detect or settlement. The statement of accounts showed that the income for the half-year had been 9,0391. 15s. The foot toll amounted to 4,6761. 17s. 11d., and the horse to 3,7581. The rest comprised rents and interest, &c. Their total disbursements had been 1,5541. ; 5,6251. was to meet the dividend to the annul tauts of 3s. in the pound, and 1,2951. was fur the inte rest on bonds, leaving a stock surplus of 5641. The re port was adopted. (A proprietor having complained of the inconvenience occasioned by the crowding of cabs at the toll-gates at the hours when the trains were about to leave the Waterloo station, the Chairman said that necessary precautions bad been adopted, and new hands had been put on in consequence of the increase of traffic.) A resolution was then passed giving the com mittee power of raising the tolls on certain vehicles. It appeared that it was the intention of the South-Western Company to run omnibuses from their station across the bridge to the Strand for a very low fare. This would evidently be to the loss of the company, as, supposing the omnibus carried twenty persons, it would be telling 101 from their tolls. It was merely to be used as a meastfre of self-pr .tecti and would affect no private carriages. Four of the committee were then reelected, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. The parish church of Allhallows, Barking, was bur glariously entered on Tuesday evening and some mischief done. Although the depredators only succeeded in taking away some black cloth and the communion table cover, they de stroyed, however, two very old candelabra that we r e u pon the altar, and did other damage. It is presumed that some one was secreted in the church. yV We have much gratification in being able to state, that the returns of the revenue for the current quarter, during the eight weeks of it which have elapsed, are of a very encouraging kind; and should the remaining four weeks be correspondingly productive, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will have great reason to felicitate himself on the financial position of the country. It is not improbable, that at the close of the cur ent financial quarter, the Commissioners for the &Auction of the National uebt will be able to announce their intention of investing in the public funds a sum little short of 1,000,0001. At all events, we can state with confi dence, that the amount will be much larger than it has been for many years past.—Advertiser. DECEMBER e, 1850. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received Cape of Good Hope papers of the Mt' of Octob&r, and the news they contain is far from satisfactory. The frontier is ttipin in a state of disturbance, caused by the discontent of the native tribes. At Cape Town there were rumours of war along the whole border, from the sea to the Vaal River. In the Sovereignty it was said there was open war. Ia Tambookie Land there was an avowed determination to resist the measures of the local authorities acting in the name of the High Commis sioner. And the latest intelligence from the Kafir fron tier was of so serious a nature, that his Excellency the Governor had found it necessary to proceed at once to East London, in 'WI-land, by her Majesty's ship Hermes. The working classes in Cape Town were suff,Ting severely from the &pressed state of trade. Toe Zuid Africaan, however, denies that there was any scarcity of labour for those who were willing to work. Tne Commercial Advertiser mentions the losg of the barque Saxon, of tir.-enock, by fire, on the 18th Sept., in lat. 31 50 S., long. 54 50 E., bound from Loni'on to Aden, with a cargo of coal and other goods. I?,,sengers and crew were all saved. - We annex some extracts:— STATE OF THE FRONTIER. (From the Frontier Times.) We continue to hear accounts of Kafir servants leaving their employers. A Kafir messenger came to Graham's Town the other day to warn all the Kafirs here to return to Kafirland. All the women have already left, and a great number of the men. Last night three oxen, tied up for slaughter on Mr. Sparks's premises, were stolen, it is supposed by some of the absconding Kafirs. Neither the mi litary nor civil authorities here have received any account of depredations or acts of aggression com mitted in the country, by last post. The Kafir prophet has not been captured, as reported, but the commandant is taking the steps which he deems re quisite to stop the mischief occasioned by this man. The Kafirs say, if their prophet be harmed they will make a disturbance, as they do not see why he should be touched for doing them good. The prophet has, we are informed, disappeared from public view, stating that he should return when the " moon is bright." It is believed by those well acquainted with Kafirland that there is some kind of a plot brewing in Kafirland against the colony, and that this man is used as an instrument in the hands of the chiefs to effect their purpose, what ever it may be. This is of course only an opinion. But it cannot be concealed that the abandonmeet of the colony by the Kafirs, who have comfortable places and plenty to eat, for the sake of returning to Kafirland, where there is a famine, has an ominous appearance. The present lowering aspect of affairs shows the absolute necessity that the military autho rity appointed to rule Kafirland, whoever he may be, should reside on the spot, so as to be enabled at once to act in case of emergency promptly and indepen dently. It is a shame that our frontier affairs should be controlled by a governor 700 or 800 miles from the point of danger. Since writing the above we have learned that Colonel M.Kinnon feels no appre hension whatever concerning the state of border matters. (From the Zuid Africaan, of Oct. 14.) MEMORANDA or _MOVEMENTS or TROOPS. Bloem Fontein, 8 p. M. 26th Sept., 1850. Authentic intelligence from the camp has this moment reached us. The British Resident, it is un derstood, will reach Bloem Fontein on Friday, the 27th inst. Rumour had brought some days ago into town a report of a skirmish with Molitzsni and the Lynx (or left-handed) Koran. This has been fully confirmed. 28th Sept., 1850• We are now in possession of news from the camp to the 24th of September, by which we are informed that everything has been most satisfactorily settled. The British Resident having intimated to Captain Bates, 45th Regiment, commanding, that it was. ne cessary the troops should act against Molitzani, in consequence of his late atrocious attack on the mis sion station at Unpukani, on the 20 h inst. the troops marched at 4 A.M. towards Molitzani's kraal, de taching on the line of march Sikonyella and his com mando to attack the chief's son's kraal Upon arriv ing at Molitzani's kraal, about sunrise, it was found deserted. Captain Rites, seeing Sikonyella engaged on the right, moved to support him ; shortly after it was reported that Gert Lynx's Corannas bad taken up a strong position with waggons on a kopje. To get at them with the guns it was necessary to make a long circuit. While this movement was taking place information was received that the waggons had been taken by Morocco's people. On moving up with the Cape Mounted Rifles, the waggons (ten in number) were found to be in our possession ; a large quantity of cattle having by this time been taken the troops were returning to their waggons, when a message arrived from Sikonyella requesting assistance, a party of his men being blocked up in a kloof. On return ing, the Cape Corps were moved up to reconnoitre the place—they were immediately fired upon by Gert Lynx's Corannas, who were there about 200 strong. The guns were then brought up and several shots fired ; several men and horses were seen to fall—the remainder were completely routed and apparently panic-stricken, At half-past two P.M. the troops re turned to Mr. Daunna's station, where the waggons were drawn up,—the extreme heat of the day and mountainous nature of the country in which these operations took place caused both men and horses to be much exhausted. Fifteen of Molitzani's and Gert Lynx's people were killed—the number of wounded of course is unknown. Sikonyella had 1 killed, Mo rocco 2 killed and 4 wounded. Ten waggons and 3,468 head of cattle were brought into camp. The next day Molitzani, upon an assurance that he would not be injured, came in and gave himself up to the British Resident. He is evidently in a state of great terror and alarm from the severe lesson he has received, and which his bad conduct has justly me rited. We understand that Moshesh's brother, with a large commando, was on the hills for the purpose of assisting ; upon seeing the large force (about 1,200 men) which was approaching, he very Kafir like cried " Off!" and took all his men away. The cattle were divided as follows Sikonyella 250 M orocco •• Gert Taaybosch . • 200 Fingoes Boers, Basturds, &a. .. 650 Total leaving to be brought to Bloem Fontein 1,360 The sale of cattle and waggons will more than amply pay the expenses of this expedition. L, UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. - BACHELOR OF ARTS-1850. EXAMINATION FOR HoNOURS. MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.—Franeis Guthrie (scholarship), University College. CLASSICS.— GVilliam Flavel Hurndall (scholarship), University College (Coward); Henry James Pi ggott . Wesleyan College Instit., Taunton ; William Giles, University College ; Russell Martineau, University College. CHE3/ISTRY.—Edward Hunt (prize of books), Uni versity C.,llege. ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY. —James Anstey Wild, Wesley College, Sheffield; William Thomas Greenhow, Uni versity College; George Aitchison, University College. VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL BOTANY. Hooper, Oaius College., Cambridge. EXAMINATION IN THE HEBREW TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. THE LREEK TEXT OF THE NEW TESA MEET, AND SCRIPTURE HISTORY. FIRST CLAM—John Brown Paton, Spring Hill Col lege; H ,berc Ainslie Redford, Spring Hill C SECOND CiAss.—Joshua Girliug Fixh, University College; Samuel Sharp Walker, Lancashire Indepen dent College. THIRD CLASS.—Jame; Leonard, Highbury College. M. B. SECOND EX A NUNATION-1850. PASS EXAMINATION. FIRST Syer Bristowe, St. Thomas's Hospital; R,bett Growse, Guy's Hospital; William Morse Graily Hewitt, University College; Robert Ben son Lewis, Leeds School of Medicine; Edmund Manley, Royal Manchester School of Medicine; Henry Hyce Sslter, Ki ng ' s C o ll ege; Ch ar l es James Sbearman, Uci versity College; William Henry Thornton, Royal Mac cheater School of Medicine. SECOND DIVISION.— William • Filliter, University Col lege; James Newton Heale, St. Thomas's Hospital; James Jones, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland; James Robertson, St. Thomas's Hospital. EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. PHYSIOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY.—John Syer Bristowe (gold medal), St Thomas's Hospital, and Robert Growse (gold medal), Guy's Hospital—equal; William Morse Graily Hewitt, University College; Charles James Shearman, University College. SURGERY.—John Syer Bristowe (scholarship and gold medal), St. Thomas's Hospital; Robert Benson Lewis (gold medal), Leeds School of Medicine; Robert Growse, Guy's Hospital; Charles James Shearman, Uni versity College; William Morse Graily Hewitt, Univer sity College. MEDICINE.—Robert Growse (scholarship and gold medal), Guy's Hospital; Charles James Shearman (gold medal), University College; John Syer Bristowe, St. Thomas's Hospital; Robert Benson Lewis, Leeds School of Medicine; William Morse Graily Hewitt, University College. MIDWIFERY.—WiIIiam Morse Graily Hewitt, Uni versity College. M.D. EXAMINATION-1850. FIRST DIVISION.—Matthew Baines, King's College; Edward Enfield Barron, Guy's Hospital; George Bir kett, Charing-cross Hospital; John Burford Carlill, Uni versity College; Peter Ea le, King s College; William Thomas Edwards, University College; Charles Elam, Leeds School of Medicine; Stephen Monckton. King's College; William Henry Ransom, University College; William Henry Octavius Sankey, St. Bartholomew's Hospital; *Samuel Wilk's, Guy's Hospital. SECOND DIVISION.—WiIIiam Ayre, London Hospital; James Newton Heale, St. Thomas's Hospital. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 5. PAPAL AGGRESSION. Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to appoint the hour of a quarter-past twelve o'clock on Tuesday next, the 10th instant, at Windsor Castle, to receive the address on this subject voted to her Majesty at the con gregation on Thursday, Nov. 14. DAviEs SCHOLARSHIP. There will be an examination of candidates for the scholarship upon this foundati.n, lately holden by Franklin Lushington, M.A., of Trinity College, com mencing on Monday, the 27th of Jan., 1851, at nine o'clock. The candidates are required to signify their intention of offering themselves, by writing a Latin letter to each of the electors, which is to be delivered personally, on Friday, the 13th, or Tuesday, the 31st of Dec. The electors are, the Vice-Chancellor, the Provost of King's College, the five Regius Professors, and the Public Orator. In order to facilitate this delivery, one or more of the electors will attend in the Law Schools on the above days from one o'clock till two; and no candidates will be admitted who do not signify their intention in the above manner. * To Wilks was awarded a gold medal tor his com mentary on a case in medicine. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Dsc. 5. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went to Lon don this morning, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Bouverie. His Royal Highness and suite travelled by a special train on the Great Western Railway, and returned to the Castle at twenty minutes past four o'clock this afternoon. Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge left the Castle to-day. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in the Castle yesterday (Wednesday) evening, and per formed the folkwing pieces : Overture, "Gustave" Finale, Ist act, " Ziuberfhte " Mozart. Priere and Barcarolle, " Alasaniello Auber. Chorus,2 achtlager " ..... ....Kreutzer. His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived at eleven o'clock yesterday morning at the building erecti❑g for the Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde-park. His It )yal Highness inspected the state of the works, and at twelve o'clock presided at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the promotion of the Exhibi tion of the Works of Industry of all Nations, to be held in the year 1851. The Commissioners present were Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyell, Sir Charles Eastlake, Mr. Barry, Mr. Bazley, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, Mr. Pusey, M.P., and Mr. John Shepherd, chairman of the East India Company. Mr. Scott Russell, secretary to the Royal Com mission, was in attendance. Mr. Bowring also at tended. Colonel Reid, chairman of the Executive Com mittee, was present ; Colonel Lloyd (special commis sioner, and Dr. Lyon Playfair (special commissioner) also attended. The meeting broke up at twenty minutes past three o'clock. The numerous workmen employed on the building assembled at the entrance, and on Prince Albert tak ing his departure greeted his Royal Highness with loud and enthusiastic cheers. Prince Albert, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Bouverie, proceeded to the Great Western Railway terminus, at Padding ton, on his return to Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, last evening. The Hon. C. Clements, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Colonel Anson had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. SHIP LAUNCH AND MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. On Tuesday, at high water, about eleven o'clock, a fine new barque, of about 300 tons burden, was launched from the blinding-yard of Mr. Thomas Roy den, west aide of the Queen's Dock. She is named the Annie Worrell, has been built for the firm of John Worrell and Co., blockmakers, Saithouse Dock, will be under the command of Captain Foster, an able and experienced seaman, and is intended for the Valparaiso trade. The Annie Worrell is a neat little craft with square stern, and demi-female figure-head. She is 109 feet in length; breadth of beam, 24 feet; depth of hold, 15 feet 10 inches. Mrs. Worrell, the wife of the principal owner, stood sponsor at the time of the launch, and bestowed upon the barque its appointed name. The day was fine, and a considerable concourse had assembled to see the vessel's introduction into its " na tive element;" but we regret to say that the event was attended with a melancholy casualty, fatal to Robert Miller, a young man abo u t 19 y ears o f age (son of Mr. Miller, of the firm of Mackie and Miller, shipwrights), one of the apprentices employed in the yard. Just as the vess e l was l eav i ng the stoc k s a coil of rope was thrown, as usual, by those on board over the bow. The unfortunate young man placed his foot on this when it descended, as the readiest mode of securing it; but, unfortunately, his foot slipped in side, the rope encircled his leg, and in a few moments, to the consternation of all present, he was dragged into the river. He was spun round with the action of the rope, now at some height up the vessel's side, then struck with force against the " spur shores" attached to the bottom launch-ways, and eventually dragged be neath the water under the bottom of the vessel. The barque was taken in tow, as usual in cases of launch, and was led into the Queen's Dock Ifasin, those on board being quite unconscious that any accident had occurred. After being submerged for about ten minutes or a quar ter of an hour altogether, we should think, the unfortu nate su ff erer was released, and brought on shore without delay. There were still some signs of animation, and he was promptly conveyed to the Southern Hospital, where the usual restoratives were attempted, hut he died, we believe, very shortly alter admission. It will be easy to conceive the gloom which an accident so untoward pro duced en all ss,embled. POSTSCRIPT. Monday (Noon), 30th Sept., 1850. The apparent termination of warlike opera tions to the eastward was recorded by us in our journal of proceedings with h ear tf e lt satisfac tion. Sikonyella had been promptly punished for crossing the boundary, and causing the death of four persons. Molitzani, for killing 20, was fired on, 15 of his people killed in a skirmish with our brave soldiers, and 3,500 head of cattle, or thereabouts, were taken from him, besides 10 waggons taken from his allies. It struck us rather as a misfortune that Sikonyella should one week be fined 300 head of cattle, and a few days afterwards be presented with 250 by the British Resident—but not knowing the circumstances of the case we presumed all was right. We had great doubts of the policy of dividing the cattle taken from Molitzani amongst the very people he bad just plundered. It would, in our humble judgment, have been as well, to say the least, to have sold the cattle (if in condition, or able to be driven) in a distant spot, and given the people other cattle or value of some sort. But we were so rejoiced at what seemed to be a happy result of all the measures lately adopted, that we were resolved to avoid remark. What was our surprise, then, as our fine fellows came into Bloem Fontein yesterday, at three P.M., to receive accounts from the eastward, that soon after the skirmish with Molitzani, the British troops returned home by a route, giving a " wide berth" to the tribes —that ever since the skirmish, the country has been in a most excited state ; and we state it as a fact, that Morocco, who so readily came forward to help our troops against Molitzani, is now left single-handed to maintain his ground against Moshesh's people ; and a private letter from' the scene of robbery and murder now before us says—" We have had awful doings here of late. Morocco went out with Major Warden, at the cost of bringing upon himself a war that is not likely soon to end. He has lost 3,800 horned cattle and 800 horses, not to mention the number of his people who have been massacred. Is it possible that our Government will leave him to recover his cattle without prompt and efficient help ?" Another letter from the same quarter, dated 10Sa turday Forenoon, Sept. 28 , 1850," says—" The land is in a blaze. Worse than ever." REPEAL OF THE WINDOW DUTLES.—Lest evening a meeting of the rate-payers of the parish of St. Mary's, Lambeth, was held in the Vestry Hall, Church-street, to adopt measures to obtain the repeal of the window-tax. The senior churchwarden, R. Taylor, Esq., in the chair, read a letter from the Hon. T. E. D'Eyncourt, Member for Lam beth, unable to be present from illness, but promising his support to obtain the repeal of the tax. Mr. Williams, M.P., addressed the meeting. He had paid considerable attention to taxation, and was prepared to say that none was so oppres sive and odious as the window-tax. Mr. Edwards, Mr. Murrough, Mr. Rossetor, Lieut. Edwards, and other gentle men having addressed the meeting, resolutions calling for a total and unconditional repeal of the window-tax were unani mously adopted, as also a petition to Parliament, praying the immediate repeal of the window-tax, to be presented and supported by the Members for the borough. Thanks were REPORTED ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. RAILWAY.--It was stated last evening that a coal train, e,om- On Wednesday the Lord BiAllop of Exeter enter- posed of 49 trucks, having two guards, and drawn by two tained at dinner, at Bishopstowe, a large party, among whom engines, had run into a goods train at Hatfield station, both were the Earl and Countess of Wicklow, Lord Sinclair, the trains being on the up line. The guards of the goods train i Venerable Archdeacon and Lady Caroline Berens, the Rev. were on the line with their signals, but the drivers of the two ICanon Bartholomew, the Hon. and Rev. Henry Hu gh a n d engines could not prevent the collision. T he drivers of the Lady Anna Maria Courtenay, Rev. Prebendary Ford , M r . engines of the coal train are much injnred, and the two en- I , Joaceline Co4rtenay, *ingot wig some of the trucks, are quit* de3tr V ed * ~, • Wo observed in the yard that the keel and flooring have been laid fur a noble vessel of 700 tons. Mr. Roy den is also building a small yacht, which is expected to prove a clipper.—Liverpool Courier. WHITBY, DEC. s.—The Mountaineer, of this port, from Quebec, struck the East Pier in entering, and stove her bow. 51:',13 VEY OF THE PACIFIC COAST. (From the Alta Californian of Oat. 1.) We had the pleasure yesterday of an examination on bard of the .cliooner Ewing, of the United States coast survey, Lieutenant William P. M'Artbur com manding, of the mans and charts which are the result of his long and arduous labours along our coast. The charts are on a large scale, admirably suited to the wants of the large marine, constantly increasing, already engaged along the Pacific shore. They em brace the whole coast from the mouth of the Columbia River to the Bay of Monterey, and are executed in a manner as creditable to the artistic skill and accuracy of Mr. William B. M'Murtrie, draughtsman, as the very successf u l and satisfactory results of the survey are to the perseverance, energy, and ability of the commander of the expedition. From Cape Disappointment to Point Pines the Ewing tractd each headland and indentation, every rock and islet, determinin g the exact latitude and - longitude of every point of the coast, roadstead, and inft.ctior, and fixing their position upon the chart with so much care- and accuracy that with such guides on board the presence of a I. ilot could scarcely be desirab!e on the parr of any seaman who may be navigating along the coast. The debouchement of each river emptying into this sea is scrupulously ac curate, and not a dangerous rock, or shoal, or reef has escaped the inspection of this thorough survey. The chart is accompanied with perspective views of the principal headlands, &c., along the coast, which will prove of invaluable service to seamen when in doubt otherwise, from nny cause, as to their own exact position ; as, for instance, a perspective view of Cape Mendocine and the country at Trinidad. In proof of the accuracy with which this whole survey has been conducted, it may not be amiss to mention that Lieutenant M'Arthur, after taking his departure at a point in this bay, determined by Lieutenant Wilkes, and threading the entire coast, noting its in lets and outlets, sounding its waters and locating to pographically correct every point that can be of any interest to commerce, found, upon completing all his calculations in the bay 6f San Francisco, that there was scarely any discrepancy between the previously determined position his vessel occupied and that indi cated by his reckoning. The chart shows the nature of the whole coast, where it is sandy, where rock-bound, and otherwise, the series of hills, or mountains, as they overlook the shore, and the appearance of the country as to its forests and timber. The charts of Lieutenant Wilkes, of the United States. Exploring Expedition, made some dozen years ago, have long been known as inac curate, to a great degree, as to this coast. In fact, the survey now made is the only one since the discovery of the country, upon which the mariner could trust the safety of his vessel or life. Many of the points, rocks, &c., as laid down on previous charts are more than 20 miles out of their true position. Islands are laid down which do not exist, while others that have a local habitation and a name are not mentioned at all. Thus the immense benefits which will accrue to the entire commercial- and mercantile interests en gaged on our coasts may easily be undersood. The trade, already heavy, now carried on between this port and the various points above us is constantly increas ing, and there is great reason to believe that those rivers, now merely known by name, will ere long be known to the world as the highways to rich and populous marts, flourishing under the combined influ ence of agriculture, trade, and mining. The Umpqua, the Kiameth, and others, are already attracting much attention, while the Columbia, so long looked upon with distrust, and since the loss of the frigate Peacock on its bar considered by many unnavigable, is now known to have a perfectly safe and easy entrance through its south channel. This has been thoroughly surveyed by Lieutenant M'Arthur and the corps under his com mand. Eighteen feet at mean tide can be carried over the shallowest part; and, assisted by the chart and directions which will accompany the report, a stranger may take his ship to Astoria without the aid of a pilot. The mouth of the Columbia, as is proved by the surveys of Wilkes and M'Arthur, is gradually chang ing. Where is now the south channel, which was so shallow when the exploring expedition made its survey that the sea rolled into continuous breakers entirely across it ? On the other hand, the then best entrance, that surveyed and recommended by Lieutenant Wilkes, if we mistake not, is filling up, and is so much altered from its then condition that it cannot be navigated by his directions. TOLERATION orNO TOLERATION TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. shall feel obliged by your inserting in your paper, the following extract from the Edinburgh Reriew for April last, page 525-7 ; and I would beg to ask the ministers of the Christian religion if they are willing to let the truth of it rest for sup port on such a statute as the following one ? and I would also inquire of those persons who profess to be the advocates of civil and religious liberty, if there can be any such thing, so long as such a statute re mains on our books am, Sir, yours, &e. Dec. 5, 1850. W. H. " 9th and 10th of William 111., cap. 32.—Whoever, having been educated a Christian. shall by writing, printing, teaching, or advised opt eking. deny any one of the persons in the Holy Trinity to be God, or assert that there are mere Gods than one, or deny the Christian religion to be true, or the Holy Scriptures of the Old end New Testament to be of Divine authority, shall, for the first offence, be incapable of bolding any office, or place of trust, civil, or military; and, for the second, be imprisoned for three years, and be incapable of suing in any court of law or equity, or of accepting any gift or legacy. " The punishment for denying the doctrine of the Trinity was repealed in our own times, but the remainder of the statute is in full force at this day." The reviewers sum up their observations on the subject in the following words : It a balance be struck between the infidelity that is prevented, and the infidelity that is occasioned, by the absence of free discussion, we have no doubt that the latter would greatly predominate." FOREIGN FUNDS. ELAMBURGH FUNDS, Thic,2, Bills. Money. . Hanoverian New Loan,s per Cent. •• • • Ditto, 334 per Cent. .. •....... •• • • Bank Share 5...... Prussian 5 per Cent. ......... .. •• • • Anglo-Russian Loan ..........• • •• Russian Certificates, 5 per Cent.l.• •• .. 96 95 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• •• Ditto Stieglitz, 4 per Cent. ———• • •• 23% Hamburgh, 3% per Cent. • • .......... 86% 863 Lubeck Loan (1850) .... • ..... ..... 97 Belgian Loan, 236 per Cent............ Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent —— 72% 72% Ditto, in 1001. Shares ............ 72% 72% Ditto,s per cent. ...... — Anglo-Swedish Loan ................ Ditto, Transport Loan ............ Ditto, Hyp., 4 per Cents .... ...... Norwegian 4 per Cents. .. ... 99% Spanish New 5 per Cent.............. 11 log Ditto. 3 per Cents. .... ........ 30% 30% Ditto, 1846...................... -.— Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 236 per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 23% per Cent .•• • • Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••• • • • • • • • • National Bank Shares .. • ........... —• American, 6 per Cent. • • —•• .• .. • • • • 103% 111331 RAILWAYS. Ditto, Priority Shares ... ..... Berlin and Hamburg •••••••••• ••• • .• 83% 13 Ditto, Priority Shares ......... Ditto, second emission -- Magdeberg•Wittenburg .............. Ditto, 5 per Cents. ................ Cologne and Minden • ....... ......• 99 98% Ditto, Priority Shares ...... ••• • .. Ditto, 5 per Cents •......... • • Frederick-William, Northern ...... • • 32 Ifecklen berg .......• .. • ..... • ..... 26 26 Ditto, Priority Shares, 4% per Cent. Altona and Kiel Gluckstadt .............. • • ...... •• Rendsburg • • ••• • • • DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTSIDL.M, DEC. 3. Active Debt, 2% per Cent•. ••••.. •• • 54% 55 Ditto, 3 per Cent ..... 65 65% Ditto, 4 per Cent... •• • . Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent •• • • East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • 84% 84% Frankfort, 3 per Cents. 53% 53% Russian 5 per Cents., Hope & Co. .... 104 Ditto, ditto, Steiglitz ......... ..... 84% Spanish New 5 per Cents. •••• • • . ..... 12 3-16 12 5-16 Ditto, 3 per Cents. . Austrian 5 per Cents., Metallics ...... 68 69% Ditto 2% per Cent. .......• • • .... 36% 37 Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 110 111 Ezchangeon London, at sight .... • • 11 67 Two m0nth5............... 11 60 On Hamburgh, at sight .... 35 43 Two m0nth5............... 35 12 On Paris, at sight.. 56 0 55 62 EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT AND CURE.—We find the following account of an extraordinary cure in the Union Medicate :—" Phineas Gage, aged 25, employed in the con struction of a railway, was engaged in ch arging a hole made in a rock with powder, in order to blast it, when, supposing that the powder had become mixed with sand, he stirred it up with a long iron rod. An explosion instantly took place, and the bar was driven completely through the head of the man and fell at a short distance from him, covered with blood and a part of his brain. The iron, rod weighed about 61b., and was 34 inches in length, and about an inch thick. It entered the left angle of the lower jaw, and came out at the top of the bead behind the bone of the forehead. The wounded man was knocked down by the blow, but imme diately rose again, spoke to the persons round him, got up into a cart, in which he kept standing while it was being drivistn for more than a mile to an inn, where he alighted and ascended a long staircase, and went to bed in the possession of his mental faculties. A surgeon arrived in half an hour after the accident. lhe upper part of the head was exten siT-ely fractured, and the wound at the aide of the jaw was large enough to admit the finger. The small pieces of the skull were removed, the larger bones adjusted, and the wounds dressed. We shall not enter into the details of this interesting case, but merely say that the patient promptly recovered with the loss only of the sight of the left eye." 1•1' Ely PIER AT RYDE.—The deputation that waited upon Sir Richard Simeon, with the plans and tea r t ates of the proposed new pier from the eastward of the town, on Wednesday last, were welcomed most cordially, and treated sumptuously; the worthy baronet assured them that he would do all in his power to aid them in their Bpi. rited purpose, and freely offered them, without rent or other charge, the land or shore which they might require for the erection of the pier and baths. Some idea of the libera lity of this gift may be given, when we state that upwards of 401. a year as ground rent is paid to the Lind and Player families for the site of the present pies—Pertsmoutis Guardian. ea bad NO' G 2 1 I 3 i 31 ne w Pric e. vei !ski v. 5 55 1 nth 9°l )11 Os 4 , ) jorl' l oaf rei rob Ofi e° r 1 1 8 $01; *a ill i 13%