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~" 3/ 10a to 41 to 11 11 rl to-day was 3 general dol 2s 10d to 3s° l 10d; Veal , 35 ink the offal. asts, Sheep quotation& Bee sil ing.— f' is 55i Lamb. 4 s i° p er Blbs. S .o oc , o ld Store J''D al I tolerably 6 te 9 A 3s 10d; J llO ,l ;al, 35 Rd W 3 very - li ar ' I .! 3s 10d; Mu 6j 'ea!, 31 to 33 . oust blo w in g u otations. -- ., Lamb, 4, ES. ~Q v t I TISH , Rau' " Eptiploi i gland 1111 loom 10, li dl Vs 2 iN. it° BEANS. I Is od PAST IVlook S Rye, 76; lc ES' plass.) Stakes. ttoo CA. DENT.) TACO T• revving tas7, o l y were Or e ee vessels ty rell match ed t y avis wieni ° g iver e liri Latc h i r itl aped the s l e d; was cro w to , i mittee. M e : cer igainst the be, match vis g iors coachq ll4 kers ; bo bbd i l) 0 ; varied 1;1 0° , 4 a ft e r a desPer'i. , u, ' eo t .e from dioerbeit er befor e ', l 4 a 1 Yacht °ltii,4 the * Ol O O Hies Boot 113 r • Went, and be be ; alone COw bid ghc this ' a bo o only t° 1 .,„ 8 1 d the 13 1 ° ° 7 0 • pulling tool, .ncy in the le of ed. In a Ft a l it attractive v"-the losely th at met e and, trev",. I Fitzbardiocej ;arbour, car t ) bowsprit Pose lvd in s° ci false keel. a g on Chore, olt ,uth, and '..,, D ept le Titania w oo ready for LICA AND 111° the Nab flabt 60 nTOW 111 ' .nr plll bi' :k to the L b l o3 . :oompall t wes t. the south: u p e periencea q 9010 g •._sto g 1 0t13 . 19 00 8 : 1 knoll - P I ) ; 100 0 - 0 , e , al b:r n o ° a li t 1r cb ;08 01 ' es is G er ; ,7 0 ' the Yel usges Iv 179" bach• to lee onticced.itPeidel' Lg.) m oo a , d its ‘ ,looo a His Prr c ourog e 'vore rs whi ch eOO ,b hereere c? 9 , we , ' l , c ritics b i e !,onsidersoo, o he va s ° , courteou sod wing kind sol assiytav d c e, der y i t) ,i en veSc . Ird111:, an • p Toss:Co t o o erceiv e licloke• ' so ar :cene of c der oa 9 tbe A r it t b eec": De' u dder e' ,„ " ) ; v wasS o S v e e l r t „ o th o f a n ol i ce ll % off dasb e g ot w" on v ies, tbe iespec tin _ssegrte d at it is st oys; r saws", r oe the Inist°.o r. 70 0 Braid ° of c oto na" 113 01 ti ro a ge 9 , 9ountin& di. ; seriototY 400 in the 1 1ce• cc h a uge- su:stained!! le; the Te" tie l ' "" dialitift! great will iderety9o HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE Lust twilit% was the firstif the pert unn.tuce of operas at playhouse prices, and the experiment was perfectly successful; the house was crowded to over flowing as soon as the doers were opened. The per formances, which consisted of the first act of Lucrezia Borgia, with bladime Barbieri Nini as Lucrezia, Don Pasquale, with Madame Sontag and I.44biaohe, the Aiorip/a, with Cerito, besides various other amuse ments in the ballet department, went off admirably. The reception accorded to the artistes was most ,Cordial. THE SYRO LEBAIVON COMPANY. This semi-theatrical couriliany of Syrian ladies arid gentlemen, who have left the Levant on a lirtle pro fessional trip, and propose to enlighten this western public as to the habits and ceremonies, the domestic and social usages and fashions of their own bright land, are engaged by the proprietors of the excellent Syrian and Hely Land Panorama now being ex hibited in the Egyptian Hall, and who'e intention is to people, as it were, certain of their scenes with these Eastern personages, represented as in the act of aertormitig— the national ceremonies of their social life. Toe troupe consists of thirteen persons —men, women, and children—dressed, of course, in their rich and fl"wing national costumes, and fully provided with all manner of domestic and ceremonial implements — Po mere paltry " properties," but genuine and ela borately adorned and 'valuable articles. The party , for the most part, consist of well-grown, well de veloped, and good-humoured looking men and women, With strongly defined Syrian features, but with O ut any approach to the still purer oriental type of the Arab. We should not be surprised if there was a spririkling of Judaical blood in the group—the strongly -marked aquiline development of the nose of some of the men seeming to hint as much. The women, however, had none of it. An air of languor and insouciance agreed well with one's notions of Oriental charms, but we were given to understand that a good deal of this listless look of dreaminess pro ceeded from indisposition. The scenes of manners and customs represented were the most striking which oc cur at a marriage festival. The performance took place ou a small stage, and we had first the entertainment given by the bridegroom and his mother to the wedding kaests. These last sat cross-legged, or crouched on divans, really magnificently dressed, while nargil ly s and cups of coffee, little silver eggshells, were handed round by the bridegroom's mother and attendants, while the four musicians in a corner kept up a monotonous vocal and instrumental concert (the air being similar for if not the same, as that which proved fatal to the ancient mother of the bard), armed with a species of guitar, a sort of rude clavecin struck with sticks, two little drums, played upon in the same fashion, and What Re may describe as an earthenware tambourine. One of the party, with one of the most good-humoured f Sees we have seen for many a day, explained the pro ceedings in naive but very respectable English. Then We had a night procession with wax tapers; and the lame music, bringing the veiled bride home; and lastly, there was the meeting of the lady with her misband. The better to support her, we supposed, in this trying catastrophe, she appeared mounted upon a wonderful pair of pattens, six inches high, not unlike Asir of door-scrapers, in which she advances, veiled With gold embroidered gauze, towards her husband, Who with a naked sword removes the screen from i . e ' . features, the nouvelle mariee bending her head and ` l 'sing the hand of her righttul lord and master. A Great number of small traits of manners and ceremonies a ,7 1 3 , gone through must be seen to be appreciated. '1 he I ' ll ot mance closed with a coffee house scene. Among the Musician's was a little bump-backed man, with a face as sharp as a weasel's, and eyes like Oita and needles. H e is a professional story-teller, and, as t hey told us, had the "Arabian Nights" by heart : 1 , 1 2 fact, h e l oo k e d like a bit out of the " Arabian N ights" himself, for we could never get rid of the id eal from the first moment we saw him, that he was MYthing more or less than another revivification and ?cater of the little hunchback who was choked by a be and place upright at Ali somebody's door. Well, rehearsed, in the approved style, a portion of the story of " Prince Camaralzaman," with enormous gesture and emphasis, but stopping between every score of words to levy black mail upon his auditors' l l arghillys, and breaking off at an interesting part — la the most unoriental and most commercial fashion "•-to send round, not the hat, but the turban. a The great charm of these performances is their evi. int genuineness and reality. You can see in the 0 4Yptian-hall exactly what you might see in Aleppo t : Beyront. There is neither exaggeration nor at , 'qt. at extraneous effect. Do you wish to behold a Lpecimen of Levantine manners and customs ? There " the true genuine thing before you. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EGHAAI RACES—WEDNESDAY. The engagements yesterday showed improvements in :any respects, and in the disappearance of those oh ",eXions clauses by which winners have hitherto been th e in v a ri ou s sums—from two soya. upwards—towards expenses, gave evidence of a dispoaition on the part w e the committee to pursue a liberal policy towards the e wers of horses. With this feeling, abet the increase 1° the fund lik e ly to accrue from the new betting steno, e see no reason to doubt the tutui e pro.perity of the weink meeting. The racing yesterday was not remarkable et her for severity or quantity, and the company on the ere'', notwithstanding every facility was afforded in b. " shap e of cheap trains from Waterloo. bridge, was „" I °W•the average. From the seperior interest of the pe e '3 to be contested to day a lull attendance may be 1 1 , 3t icipated. he Prince of Wales's Stakes, of 5 aovs. each, with 20 added ; three years old, 7ar, 614; four, Bat lib; five, het 121 b; six and aged, 93t 21b; the winner to be sold for 100 .0v s. if demanded, and allowances if to be sold f or less. Heats. One mile. k r Death's Guardsman, Est Bth ( 501 .) (G. Man n ) 1 1 Drewe's Cosachia, Bst 91b (601.) (C. Knight) 2 2 drat heat—Even betting. Won by a neck. Second heat-6 to son Guardsman. Won easily by l ength. T he King John Stakes, of 25 EOM each, 10 ft, with 50 added, for two years old; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies 31b, winners extra; those by untried stallions or out of untried mares allowed 31h, if both 51b. The k winner to pay 10 ,ovs. toward expenses. T.Y.C. r. Gratwicke's Flirt, Sat 61b (Kitchener) 1 Grevilie's Greengage, Bs' (Dockeray) 2 -4 :lParrance's Joe Miller, Bst 41b. (A. Day) 3 tting-2 to 1 on Flirt, who tuadenearly all the run- Tin!, and won very easily by a length. e Runnymede Stakes (handicap) of 10 soya. each, 5 t, and only 3 if declared, &c., with 50 added; the second to save his stake; winners of a plate or sweep. stakes, value 109 sovs. after the weights are declared , )4 ,0 carry 4lb extra. One mile. I c t Peacock's R-pletion, 5 yrs. 7st 121 b (G. Abdale) 1 itr•Hornaby's Joe-o'-Set, ages, 8s 2 1 b (Hornsby.jun.) 2 Dorrien's Nautch Girl, 5 yrs, 7st 611) (C 'lime) 3 44 t,twali's Bu,brauger, 4 y re, 7,4 71b...(G. Sharp) 0 L I " isleomfield'a Simplicity, 3 yrs, 7it (-iabin) 0 rd Exeter's Cane, 3 yes, 7st (G. Melon) 0 k r; Peurscee Jagdlon, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Priest) 0 k • Ste vens ' s Britannia. 7st (in alb extra) (BAshatn) 0 P i :Douglas's Irene, 3 yrs, Est 81 b sner.oo,l) 0 13 ettic g -7 to 2 a t ot Bushranger, 4 to 1 agat J c-e'- 1 et, 6to -1 each sgst Cane and Britannia, 7to 1 twat 8 to 1 asst Repletion, and 10 to 1 agat any other. P tio n made early all the running,. and won in a t il ter by five len n gth. Irene lost starting, and Bush sti. eer was left at the post. t r a c e obj(ction was made to the star t b y Mr. E t wall's i er, b ut overru l e d by the stewards, after examinin g Ta e start er an d the jockeys. Railway Stakes of 5 sovs, each, and 25 added by the South• Western Railway Company; the winner , ," 4 , be sold for 100/., &c. Three quart ers of a mile. )4 k I Subs.) l i t •Gresilla's Chaffinch, 2 yrs (501.). sst2lb (Flarding) 1 k r. Dorrien's Chaplet, 3 yrs (601.), 7st 11th (Collins) 2 l i t . Mare's Preslaw, 4 yrs (501.) (Bartholomew) 3 fp u Etwall's Iracundus, 3 yea (1001) (G. E. Sharp) 0 kkeet Richmond's Hurry Scurry . , (501.) (Eitchner) 0 t Marshall's Tuscan, aged (501.) (W. Ahdale) 0 k e Ptain Powelre b by Cotherstoee ......(Rickards) 0 ) 4 1 % Drew's Cosachia, treed (501), Bst 41b...(Knight) 0 1. ,1 Waring's Gloom, eyrs (501.), 7st 31b...(Preece) 0 w 43 etting-5 to 4 agst Preslaw, 3 to 1 agst Chaffinch. °II 0 5 , y by a length; halt a length between second " t t or s bird. Gloom a bad fourth. The winner was sold 4 guineas. • . BETTING ON THE COURSE. S tft ST. LEGER. spit H e rnandez 11`2 to 1 sgst Hothorpe (t) to 2 ., - 1 apt Ptime Miniett r G to 1 sit The Bin agst J.Diy'stot(t) (taken) 1 16 to 1 agst Grecian • .APPOINTMENTS FOR. THIS DAY. w The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes. illiam the Conqueror, 4 yrs, 84 ?lb—Little Jack, EP, Bst 7113—.1E , is 6 yrs, 7:4 21b—Anspach, 3 yr., 4,44 EP , '4 yrs, 6st 21b—Don Pedro, 3 }re=, *ta n Lb . Only Little Jack and Don Pedro expected to 12 to p, The Magna Charts Stakes. y ? "ince Rupert, 2 yrs—Diamond, 2 yrs—Dorothea, 2 1.4---Gulpurba, 2 yrs—Joy, 2 yrs—Benita, 2 yrs— T e t r n P t ", 2 yrs—Prestige, 3 yrs—Poetess, 2 yrs— of Aslehore, 3 yre—Cba,plet, 3 yrs—c by Linercost out 2 y r B s h of Lightening—Antigone, 3 yrs —Plutust..a a 2:yrs—Lady Blanch, 2 yrs — Vol-au-Vent, r aJagell ou , 4 yrs. TAW Queen's Plate. Jack, 4 yrs—Bushranger, 4 yrs—Britannia, 3 tt Si m plicity, 3 y rs —Retail, 5 yrs—Deciltty, 5 yrs— cmin, aged. Amateur Stakes. 6 P yra r • Girl, 5 yrs—Bushranor, 4 yrs—Jack-in-tbe 6 yr c s r, 6 3rs—Lancaster—Egis, 6 yis—Mrs. Taft, li sp a Egham Stakes. --t sorn. Doe, 4 yrs — iliret"t9 Yea 3 yrs—Falcon, 4 ys—rsezasitocb.ia, aged — Hurry - scurry, 3 yrs—Docility, rp, rington, 4 yrs—Tuscan, aged. The races commence at two o'clock. The Chats DERBY RACES—WEDNESDAY. ~t r ;f olivl e es ft , 'Ellsworth Stakes (handicap) ot 10 soca. each, 5 slid 3 only if declare& with 50 aided. One m ile ( I 2 se 2 ii S ia u , bs., 7 of whom declared ) sst 41b in. 41b extra (A.bmsll) 1 2 kr. p,„ • I) arr's Clothworker, 5y re. Sat 41b...(FlAtmau) 3 &tr. lalPs hiLikerty, 4 yra, 6at — " m alild'S rifire.vp, 4 yrs, Est 81b (Yetis) 0 T E SUN, Mr. F. Swindell na The Mask, 4 yrs, 7At 34) (Wells) 0 Won by a length nod a calf. The Chesterfield Siak b of 10 .ove. each, and 50 added; for two yrs old; the Ltecond to save his stlikv. About half a mile. (14 Soto.) Mr. Halforn's Veppermint (Marlow) 1 Mr. Pedley's Conrad (S. T(lnpleman) 2 Mr. Drinkald's Grey 'rummy Lord Che ,, terfield's fby Lanercust ...... (Flatman) 0 Hon. H. Vernon na Big Wig (Denman) 0 Mr. Stewart's BAnshee (W. Sharpe) 0 Mr. E Buckley's Royal George (Whitehouse) 0 Mr. J. Scott's Mountain Flower --(Holmes) 0 Mr. T. Worthington's fby Lanercost (Osborne) 0 Won by a head. The Innkeepers' Plate ul 60/. Two miles. Mr. T. Patr's Clothworker, 5 yrs, 9st 101 b (Owner) 1 Mr. Sharratt's Egret, 6 yrs, 9Jt 91b... (Whitehouse) 2 Mr. Forster'. Musician,' 4 yrs, 9At 41b (Simpson) 3 Mr. Taft's fbyl) in John, 3 yrs, ist slb (Chariton) 4 Won by three-parts of a leng , h. The Selling Siakes of 5 sous. each, end 30 added; the winner to be sold by auction for 2001. or under, &e. Heats. One mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. T. Parr's Snuwdtttt, (20/) (Charlton) 0 1 0 Mr. P. Walli.'s Buzz 1, (301) (Freeborn) • 1 0 0 Mr. Ward's Show-the-way, (301) (Sharpe) 2 2 2 Mr. W. Tay!or's Old Claret (30/) (Osborne) 0 0 0 Won by a lengtb.Jhe winner sold for 451. MANCHESTER, 1851. Acceptances fur the Manchester Great Autumn Havdteap. Yrs st lb Maid of Masbam 6 9 0 Woolwich Alp Herbert Lady Hylda Oxford Blue Egret Uuektail Melody 5 6 10 Abbess of Jerveaux 4 6 8 Little George 4 6 8 I.a-+y Eden Haricot 4 6 6 Vnucuuver Taly 4 6 6 Ringleader The Ebor 4 6 2 Duxbury 4 6 2 Yrs st lb . min 3 6 0 Lou,;h Bawn 'olgerrlale ...... 3 5 12 Cho Wren ...... 4 5 10 Prince Caradoc c 3 5 10 Pierre de Touche 3 5 10 tiholab Singh 3 5 10 Irrlykstress ... 3 5 8 Unity 3 5 8 Paquette Heart of Oak 3 5 5 Cheap John 3 5 0 Follow-me-Laci Rose 3 5 0 Atafford Little Fawn Once-more True Blue ...... 3 4 7 METROPOLITAN COM MISSION of SEWERS. On Tuesday morning the first General Court of Commissioners, held under the recent Act of Par liament, took place at the chief office, Greek-street, Soho. Mr. E. LAWES, the recently-appointed chairman of the Commission, said, that being the first Court of Sewers held since he had the honour of being appointed chairman, it was proper that he should formally announce that appointment to them. He would take that opportunity of stating that he should give his personal attendance at that office every day, in order that persons desirous of seeing a member of the board might communicate with bim on the sub j.ct of their applications, whatever they might be. He would also state that the Commissioners had under their anxious consideration measures which it might be expedient to adopt for the transaction of the business of the Commission with the utmost dispatch, and they hoped to adopt such a course as would attain that object with the utmost economy and efficiency. He should also notice the facilities afforded by the new Act of Parliament by the reduction of the quorum necessary to form a court. That reduction would enable the Commissioners to hold courts in the various districts to which the busi ness referred, as the Commissioners were most anxious to adopt every course in their power with a view to the convenience of the public. It would be impossible to say more than this on the present occasion, the Act of Parliament having so recently come into operation, but the Commissioners wished to give the public every assurance that they could of their desire to do all in their power for the dispatch of business. Tne bu s iness paper before the Court was unusually heavy, the aggregate amount of works recommended being 6,763/. 2i. 9J., including the contributions ordpred to be paid by various individuals and public bodies. The following are the principal works ordered :- 3001 c. of 12-inch pipe sewer in Holloway-road, at a cost of 481. 154. ; 1,280 ft. of brick eewer, 4ft. by 2ft. 6in., in Holloway-road, 665/. ; 150 ft. of brick sewer, 3ft. 9in. by 2ft. 3in.. in Grove-lane, Holloway road, 561.5 e. ; 1,254tt of 18 .inch pipe in open ditch in the Merton-road, 2611.; 1,3561 t. of 15 inch pipe sewer in continuation of the above, 225/. ; reservoir and overflow drain at M,..rton, 241 10s. ; 1,650 ft. of 15-inch pipe sewer in Church-street, Lower Tooting ; 240 fr. of 12-inch pipe sewer, ditto ; 430 ft. of 12- inch pipe sewer in the Mitcham-road, 830 1 t. of 12 Inch pipe sewer in the Merton-road, and 580 ft. of 9- inch pipe sewer in Salvadore-place, Lower 'rooting, at an aggregate cost of 500/. Works amounting in cost to 1.312/, and consisting chiefly of pipes and sewers at Greenwich and the district, were agreed to. There were also ordered to be constructed 7001 t. of 9ft. circular sewer along Victoria-road, Pimlico, at an estimated cost of 2,600/., to be defrayed by the Comini-sioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests ; 500 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer between Wandsworth and South Lambeth-road, 60/. ; 220 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in the rear of Q n«-en's-row, and Grove place, Kennington-green, 301. ; 320 ft. of 12-inch pipe, wiih 40Ir. of 16-inch branches at back of Vaux hall-road, 451 ; 285 ft. of 18-inch pipe sewer in 'tVandsworth-road, 70/ ; 320 tt. of 12-inch, and 100 ft. of 9 inch pipe sewer in Soapsuds-square, Norwood, 50/. ; 150 ft. of half-brick sewer, 3ft 9in. by 2ft. 3in , in Britannia-street, Gray's inn -lane, 751. ; work near Bedford-lane, Clapham, 851. ; 142 ft. of hulf• brick sewer, 2ft. 9in. by 2ft. 3in., in Patriot street, St. George's in. the East, 591.; 412f. of 12 inch pipe in Mount Pleasant, Upper Clapton, 571.; 165 ft. ot 9-inch pipe sewer in Rhodeswell-road, Litnehouse, 141. 103. ; 208 ft, of camp-shedding to Earl sewer, on emergency, 70/. ; 450 ft. ot, sewer, Vt. 9in. by 21t. 3in. in Radnor -street, St. Luke's, 1961. 16s. ; 300 ft. of 12-inch pipe s ewer i n D rur y co u r t ; 110 f. of 9- inch pipe in Denham -court, and 160tt. of pipe in Pettv ford-yard, 154/. 200 ft. of sewer, 3ft. 91n. by 2ft. 31n., and 120tt. of " 12-inch pipe sewer in Good inan's-yard, 1001.; 110tt. of 9 inch pipe in Essex ' streat, Bethnal-green, 151.; 20Gft. of 12-inch, and 160 ft. of 9-inch pipe sewer, in Devonshire-street West, 39/.; 230 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in the rear of Camberwell Collegiate school, 24/. District rates were then ordered to be prepared at threepence in the pound on the Holborn division and the Surrey and Kent districts. After hearing some objections to works ordered, the Court adjourned. ,FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT •—On the evening of Fri day last a party of four left Dell-Quay in an open boat, and rowed down the harbour to Itchenor. The party consisted of Mr. Henry Farnden, of Appledram, Mr. Apedaile, and Mr. W. Stitch, jun., of Chichester, and a pilot named James Farrow. On their return, after rowing about a mile, it was suggested by Farrow (a breeze having sprung up) that they should hoist sail; and as he was adjusting the mast for that purpose, standin, on the thwart, his foot slipped as he still held by the mast, and being a stout man, his weight cap s.zed the boat, precipitating the whole party into the water. Mr. Stitch and Mr. Farndell soon swam to shallow water; but their great difficulty was the mud, which they-had to wade through for about one hundred yards. By almost un paralleled exertion they at length succeeded in reaching the Bonham store. Mr. Apedaile clun: to the boat for nearly an hour. Messrs. Stitch and Farndell having, in the mean time, hailed Silvester, of Itchenor, who most providentially was dropping down the harbour with the tide; the assistance came just in time to save him, as, to use his own words, " he could not have held on two minutes longer." Poor Farrow had sunk to rise no more, and we regret to add that he has left a widow and three small children. Had it not been for the extraordinary exertion of Mr. Stitch, the others must have all perished. An inquest was held on Farrow the fol lowing day, at Itchenor, and a verdict of" Accidental Death" was returned . . Farrow, at the ri s k of his life, has often been the means of rescuing some of our owu citizens from the treacherous element when bathing at that dangerous place, Dell-quay,. and we trust that the poor widow and helpless on.hans will not now be forgotten by a generous rublic.— Brighton Guardian. DEATH BY FALLING OVER A PRECIPICE.—A man named James Nicholl, a cooper, betwixt 40 and 50 years of ag , lost his life in a very sudden and awful manner on Thursday last in the parish of Cannonby. The unfortunate man lived at Limycleuch, and Was in the habit of working occasionally in the garden attached to the Croeskeys Inn, in the same parish. lie had been there on Thursday, and Mr. Glendinning, the landlord, spake to him about five in the afternoon, when it was supposed he went away home. Next morning a brother of the deceased called at the inn, and stated that James had net returned on the pr ece di ng even ing. An alarm was then given, and almost immediately on e of the servants descried his body lying in the river Esk, at a place called Priorspool, whence it was removed in a cart to Lirnycleuch. It appears that the garden is situated near the top of a precipitous bank, about 60 feet high, below which the Esk flows, and that the unfortunate man had after finishing his work gone beyond the garden to a dan gerous spot over-hanging the river in search of eggs, which were occasionally found there. In making his search he had slipped and fallen over, as was evident from the footmarks and torn shrubs which he had vainly grasped in his descent. The body was scarcely covered by the water, which was only a foot deep at the spot where it fell. The head was severely contused, and in o-e band a branch of . broom was convulsively grasped. Nicholl was an unmarried man.— Dumfries Courier. THE INTERNATIONAL JURORS AND AWARDS-" BRHACH or FAITH —The first incident that occurred to us when we reached Paris the other day caused us some an noyance. Every juror for the Great Exhibition, when be accepted his office, signed a solemn declaration to the effect that he would keep secret all the awards made by the juries until these were Officially announced by the Commissioners. Our astonishment, then, may be guessed when we found men on all the boulevards of Paris selling, f.r a sous, a list of the French exhibitors to whom great medals bad been awarded I According to this paper, fifty-five great medals have been obtained for France • and in it the appropriation of thirty- e i g ht of these, with the names of thirty-one reci pients, is given. The publication of this information, it will be seen, implies a t reach of faith, not on the pare of one juror alone, but of many, and shows the little importance they attached to their deliberate pledge. Their apologists will sav, secresy is constitutionally impossible with Frenchmen: th-y must talk:—primed with intelligence, they must either burst or " blow." For our own parts we 1 Kok upon the matter as a breach of faith which deserves the severest reprehension. LONDON, LITERATURE. DROPS OF WATER. By Agnes Catlow. A most useful and ioterestiok work to ell those who tlke pleasure in becoming acquitinted with the wonders of nature. It treats of "the marvellous and beautiful inhabitants" of drops of water. It is illustrated by several beautifully coloured plates, which convey a good idea of the creatures they represent. The volume belongs to Reeve and Bonham's excel lent set of scientific works. THE EQUESTRIA v MANUAL. By S. C. Wayte. , In this work the author has undertaken the by no means easy task of instructing theoretically an art which can only be perfectly acquired by long practice. He seems to be fully aware of the difficulty of the un dertaking ; but, although he objects to the pupil restricting himselt entirely to the riding-school, he adheres with professional partiality to the advan tages derived from the first class riding master it, . preference to the inferior or amateur teacher. Mr. Wayte has commenced with a somewhat long, but by no means uninteresting, history of the horse, and of his first adaptation to the use of man in different countries, and the various ways in which he was ernpinyed. There are a variety of amusing anecdotes to be found throughout the book, of which the folloWing is a sample : " The Persians are great admirers of horsemanship, at.d a bad rider affords them infinite arnusment. An officer ofone of the English frigates having gone ashore to visit the envoy, and being mounted on' a very spiritec. horse and a very bad rider, caused great entertainment to the Persian populace by his bad horsemanship. Tni next day the man who supplied the ship with vegetables, who spoke a little English, met him on board and said. ' Don't be ashamed, Sir, nobody knows you bad rider. I tell them you like all English ride well, but that time they see you very drunk.' We were much amused at this conception of our national character. The Persian thought it would have been a reproach for a man of a warlike nation not to ride well, but none for an Euro pean to get drunk." Notwithstanding that the book is spun out to an unnecessary length, whether in giving instruction or advice to the pupil, or. in exposing the frauds and knavery of the dealer, the attention of the reader is never suffered to flag, and the work is worthy of the perusal of those who take an interest in its subject, whether for instruction or ammement. PHYSICIAIV AND PATIENT. By Edward Bentley, M.D., from a text by William Hooker, M.D. Tuis is an abridged edition of a work by W. Hooker, in which Air. Bentley endeavours to present to the reader, in a condensed form, the principal and most interesting portions of Air. Hooker's more volu minous work, by leaving out certain chapters and ex tracting the most interesting portions of others, which from their length and prolixity would prove tedious to the general reader. A great feature in this work is its endeavour to expose quackery, both in the profession and with the patent medicine vendors. Amongst others, Homeepathy comes in for its full share of censorship, the account of the origin of which, as given by the author, may not prove unin teresting :—" Hahneman, the founder of the homaya.- thic system, was born at Meissen, in Saxony, in the year 1775. At the age of twenty he went to Leipsic, and while pursuing his education he supported him self chiefly by translating English works of medicine. After taking his degree, instead of practising medicine, he gained his livelihood by translating books, and contributed to various scientific journals. In 1790 he first broached the idea which is the great principle of his system, and which was to overturn all other medical practice. In 1796 he published his first paper on the subject of homcepathy ; in 1805 his first work. He died a few years since at Paris at an advanced age, having lived to see his system very extensively adopted." The fourteen chapters to which this book is confined treat respectively of the duties of physicians, patients, and their friends, and contain many useful directions to them all ; and the author comments without bias on the faults of all. HISTOIRE DE FRANCE. Par Messrs. Mon- targis and Mageur. A concise and instructive biscory of France, con taining much information in a small compass. It is clearly written, and is furnished with notes for its translation into English. It will thus attain the double object of instruction in French history and English translation, and is especially deserving of the notice of schools. LIGHTS and SHADES of IRELAND. By Asenath .Nicholson. This volume is divided into three parts :-1. Early History ; 2. Saints, Kings, and Poets of the Early Age 3 ; and, 3. The Famine, 1847-8-9. The account of the sufferings of the poor in the late famine is naournlul and full of horrors; while the cruelties that took place in the reign of Queen Elizabeth do not add much to her fame. There is much informa tion to be obtains d from it, not only of the early his tory of Ireland, but of its latter state and fortunes. Its kings, chief towns, and various classes are all described. A TRIP TO MEXICO. An amusing volume of " Recollections of a Ten Months' Ramble in 1849-50." It is interesting in its details and in its accounts of the localities which it describes. There is every description of inf.vnsation connected with the scenes and characters of the various tribes and classes to be obtained in it, and it will be very profitable study for those travel lers who purpose visiting the new world. IMPRESSIONS OF A WANDERER. By J. Trollope. This volume consists of letters written at various times in the course of wanderings in Italy, Switzer land; France and Spain. It describes Rome during public rejoicings, and contains many remarks on its new constitution. It treats cf Venice during a Congress, and speaks of her palace of the doges ; from thence to the cantons in Switzerland, and gives an account of the Jesuits and the proceedings of their infatuated devotees. The last scenes are in Spain ; there we have visits to battle- fields famed in story, descriptions of Basque dancers, accounts of monas teries, &c. It is a very entertaining book, and fur nishes instruction concerning many lands. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The sale of season tickets yesterday produced 5/. 109., and the receipts at the doors 1,896/. Is., making a total of 1,901/. I Is. The police returns showed the number of persons who entered to be 38228. The mean tem pf-rature of tho atmosphere, according to Mr. Bennett'b hermometers, was 66.2. IMPORTANT TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS, CON FECTIONERS, AND OTHERS. - Two questions of consi'erable Importance to licensed victuallers and others came under the consideration of the Bath magistraies at their annual licensing meeting on Tuesday. - The first was, whether a restriction ought not to be placed upon the number of li censes granted, which also elicited -a discussion upon the beer-shop question ; and the second was one which, for two or three years psst, h‘as been brought before the same bench, and each time hitherto decided in the negative, namely, shall licenses for the sale of wines and spirits be granted to con fectioners. Mr. Oakley, the chief of police, and several of the magistrates having expressed their opinions that there were already more public-houses in the city than the con venience of the public required, and al,o that the present beer-house system was a great f.nd almost unmixed evil, and called for some efficient remedy on the part of the Legisla ture, it was resolved unanimously to refuse the whole of the applications made for spirit licenses by the beer-house keepers. The question of granting licenses to confectioners was renewed upon the application of Mr. Forth, confectioner, of Milsom-street ; and the magistrates, after hearing state- ments in support of and opposition to the application, decided on granting the license, and they intimated at the same time that if any improper advantage was taken of the privilege it would be withheld next year. EXHIBITION OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICUL TURE.—CIIESTER, AUG. 26.—Notwithstanding the violent gale of Sunday last, which did considerable damage to many of the subjects intended for exhibition to-day, and the un propitious state of the weather throughout thi- forenoon, the attendance of visitors and exhibitors in the beautiful grounds of Tarvin Hall, about five miles from hence, was highly re spectable and comparatively numerous. The announcement for many weeks past of .his exposition of the products of the field, the garden, the poultry yard, and the cottage, to gether with agrieul , ural and horticultural implements, and whatever is useful and ornamental in the cultivation f the land, had created quite a sensation, not only in Cheshire one Lancashire, but also in more remote parts of the kingdom ; and the various railways from the principality, as well as the English lines, brought their several quota of visitors to Chester throughout the day. This bring the first of the three days fite, the judges and jurors for the several &taw:- were appointed. The exhibition was especially patronised by the Earls of Derby, Sefton, and Grosvenor, Viscount Hill, Sir P. De Malpas Grey Egerton, M.P., Sir Richard Brookes, of Norton Abbey, Sir Edward Walker, Mr. Tollemache, M.P., Mr. G. Cornewall Legh, M.P., Mr. Brockleburst, M.P., Mr. Duncuft, M.P., and a great number of other noblemen and gentlemen of the adjacent counties. For the successful ex hibitors in the several divisions, a variety of prizes, consist ing of gold, silver, and bronze medals, with certificates of merit, were liberally placed at the disposal of the judges in the various sections; but, owirg to the ungenial state of the weather, and unlooked-for delay in a e delivery of some of the exhibitors' cases from the railway, it was deemed advisable to postpone the adjudication until to-morrow. FRUITS OF ilonmoNism.—A correspondent of a contemporary, writing from Ohio (U. S.) says—" On our way to and from the convention, we were compelled to spend part of two days at Detroit, Michigan. At the time we were there, two very important criminal trials were' going on in that city, one in the circuit court of the United States, and the other in the supreme court of the State. In the former, one Strong, a Mormon prophet, with a large number of his subjects, were being tried for such crimes as the follow ing :—lnterruptivg. forcibly, the United States mail; passing counterfeit money, and murder. For want of proof, they were finally acquitted. Soon after the death of Smith, the founder of the sect, this Strong gave out that the prophet had visibly appeared to him, and formally constituted him his (Smith's) successor. By this means Strong drew after him several thousands of " the Latter-day Saints," and settled them on Beaver Island, in one of the upper ikes. Just before his arrest his followers had formally crowned bin as supreme so vereign of the world, and as God's vicegerent on earth ; swearing not only absolute subjection to him, bat, by so lemn oath, dissolving all allegiance to all other eirthly 66 principalities, potentates, powers, and governments of every bad." . • • t _ . THURSDAY THE ROYAL PROGRESS TO SCOTLAND. FR 'M THE MOR , ING P ?PERS. DONCASTER.—Theannuli excursion which the 1 Queen makes about this time of the year is always seized upon by the people as an Occasion for manifest ing their loydey, nor does the repetition of the oc currence at all detract from the interest with which it is regarded by her subjects. There were certainly more persons assembled yesterday along the route to the Great Northern station than usual on the Queen's progress. The New-road having been closed against the royal carriages, in consequence of the badness of the roadway, and by order uf the Pancras vestry, which certainly evinced more parsimony than loyalty on the occasion, the carriages proceeded by the course indicated in our impression of Tuesday, making a slight detour, and parsing through Bedford and Rut sell-,quares along Sidmouth-street, into the Gray's inn-road and Constitution-row, to King's-cross. Tne pathways were crowded, and most of the win dows occupied the whole way. The Queen, who arrived, a. will be seen by the Court Circular, from Osborne in the morning, left Buckingham Palace at half- past one o'clock. The cortege, consisting of four carriages, was escorted by a troop of Hussars and proceeded very rapidly from the Palace, arriving at the King's-cross station at 1 50. The train for her Majesty, which was very handsomely appointed, all the carriages having been made for the occasion, and those intended for the Qieen and the Prince of Wales being distinguished by simplicity united with rich ness and good taste in the rote real decorations, was drawn up by the platform, which was covered wiJI purple clod). The Great Northern Company had erected two platforms, and had prepared compart ments for the accommodation of ladies and gentle men who had tickets of admiasion, and these were tolerably full when the Queen arrived. The train started a few minutes before two o'clock, amid the cheers of those collected in and around the station, and proceeded at a speed of some thirty miles an hour on its journey. At Hitchin, which was reached at 2 43, the engine halted for water. The station was decorated with flags, evergreens, and flowers, and was hronged as full as it could hold with gentlemen, ladies, men, women, and children. The clergymen of the district were in attendance, and the line was kept by some soldiers on a recruiting party. All the approaches to the statioa and the points corn inanding a view of the train were occupied by the inhabitants. In default of cannon, bands, or other noisy manifestations of loyalty, the people hit upon a pretty method of showing it by singing " God save he Queen," led by the sweet voices of some children. The train started in a few minutes, and was soon lashing along the level but well cultivated land of Hertford. As her Majesty had never been in this Part of the country before, great anxiety was evinced to Fee her. Frequent groups collected at the small stations, at the bridges, and vario us points along the line, and when the carriago came in sight, with the royal standard hoisted, the people might be seen dot tieg the field-a as they ran along over the swathes of fresh cut corn, or tripped across the hedges in their race for a good glimpse. Occasionally a stout old -quire came rattling along on a good hunter, with suns and daughters all mounted, and drew up by the line cheering lustily. All the schools for miles round must have been present, and wonderful ingenuity was displayed in combining gaily-coloured handkerchiefs so as to pass muster for flags and banners. Gains borough would have feasted his eyes on many a bit of rustic life, which the passengers in the royal train might just get a sight of ere it vanished for ever—old gleaners with grotesque bonnets waving a handful of corn ears, children running down some shady lane er balanced on a gate in the full swing of good spirits and juvenile loyalty, and such groupings of human and animal life as are to be met with rarely out of a purely agricultural county. Biggleswade was passed at 341 in a hurry, much to the disappointment, no doubt, of the persons as sembled at the station, and of a number of children, who waved an infinity of yellow and blue flags very enthusiastically with a very nice effect. BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Her Majesty and party arrived at Boston this after noon at 4 30. Lord John Russell presented the Mayor to the Queen. The Royal party stopped only six or seven minutes at the station. Great crowds of spectators were on the platform and along the line to give her Majesty a hearty welcome, which she re turned most pleasantly. The following address was presented : " TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY VICTORIA, BY THE _ _ GRACE OF GOD, &C. _ _ " Tho loyal end eutitul Address of the Mayor, Alder men, and Burgesses of the borough of Boston, in the county of Lincoln, presented to her Majesty at the said borough by the Mayor on rho occasion of her MajAsty passing through Boston, en route to the north part of her lajesty's dominions. " Most Gracious Sovereign,—ln approacling your Majesty's most Royal prear nce, we desire to express our unfeigned th4nlttulness to Divine Providence, by whose alt-wise direction this empire is blessed with a Queen whose lite is unceasingly devoted to the welfare of her Majesty's subjects, and under whose divine and benig nant reign this country et.joys the blessings of peace, civil and religious liberty, and by whom, united with his Royal highness Prince Albert, your Majesty's Royal Consort, the arts and manufactures ot,this kingdom are munificently patroniz-id, and in whose domestic virtues and devotedness to the religious, moral, and social ele vation of the people, an example is placed before the Court, the country, and the world in the highest degree important and beneficial. We fervently pray that the blessings of mm by whom monarchs reign may for many yeurs be vocchsafed o your Majesty, Royal Consort, and children, and that, cont►nuteg to reign over a loyal, prosperous, and happy people, your Majesty may, at some distant period, when called to lay down an earthly crown, receive a celestial diadem which shall never fade away. " Given under the corporation seal of the borough this 27th of August, 1851." DONCASTER. This morning the weather was an 3 thing but pro mising, and showers kept falling at intervals. Pre uaratioes were made at the railway station for the ac commodation of the Queen and suite. Amongst these was an awning at the entrance. Inside the station the platforms, and that part of the floor on which her ,llajesty would proceed, were covered with scarlet cloth. The iron pillars at the sides were decorated with wreaths of evergreens and flowers, and other de corations were added in different places. Several ad ditional policemen arrived from different parts of the tine, and about sixty special constables were sworn in to attend at and about the station. About twelve a uarty of the 85th regiment of infantry arrived from dull, with the hand, and marched into the town, when they proceeded at once to the Guildball, fitted up for them as a large barrack-room. Lord Cathcart And his aide-de camp, Capt. Warre, were at the sta don on the arrival of the troops—the military being under his Lordship's command. WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 9 O'CLOCK. Precisely at halt- past six this evening, after a pilot , tigine had passed the station, the train conveying her Majesty and the Royal Family arrived at the station. tier Majesty was attended by Lord J. Russell, the lion. Colonel Phipps, Colonel Gordon, and several aliers. The train was driven by Mr. Sturrick, the head of the locomotive department of the railway. tier Majesty and Prince Albert were handed from the royal carriage by Edward Denison, Esq., M.P., who, along with several directors, had come in a car riage throughout the entire journey from town. Im mediately on alighting her M.jesty and Prince Albert were presented with addresses from the corporation and inhabitants of the borough. Her Majesty, on alighting, stopped to speak a few words to Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the r..xchequer, who was standing on the platform, as were also Lord Cathcart in full regimentals, attended by two aides-de-camp The band of the Ist West Yorkshire yeomanry Cavalry was stationed at the opposite side of the platform, and played the National Anthem on the arrival of the royal train. On preceeding through the station, which was beautifully decorated with flowers and evergreens, the royal party entered he carriages, and proceeded to the town, amidst the loud plaudits of thousands of spectators, who evinced t heir delight in a variety of ways, such as cheering, waving of hats and handkerchiefs, &c. On reaching the National School, the children, who were on a platform, sang " God save the Queen," and thus her Majesty passed, the " admired of all admirers," to the Angel Hotel, where a guard of honour, consisting of the soldiers of the 85th infantry, were waiting to re ceive the royal party. The loyalty of the thousands who lined the streets on each site , an d who filled all he windows on the entire route was beyond a ll hounds, and must have convinced her Majesty that the loyalty of the good people of Doncaster has in no wise abated. In the evening the Mansion-house, Guildhall, and several of the residences of the professional men and tradesmen were brilliantly illuminated. The devices at the Mansion-house consisted of the corporation arms— a castle, with the motto " on comfort et Siesse," a crown and the letters "V. A." On the Guildhall was a crown on the pediment, and underneath the word " Welcome," and "V. A." on each wing. This was immediately opposite the Angel Hotel, and had an imposing appearance. The other de vices in the town were generally of a tasteful cha- ratter. In the evening, a dinner was given by George John son, Esq., Mayor, to a party of about 150 gentlemen, amongst whom were Mr. Denison, M.P., the chair man, and several directors of the Great N or th ern Railway. The dinner took place in the banquetting room of the Tension-house. The proceedings of the day terminated with a grand display of fireworks in a field at the south end of the town, at which thousands of persons were present. Her Majesty and suite will leave Doncaster at nine in the morning, arriving at Edinburgh iu the after noon, according to the time table already published. The same procession will accompany her Majesty to EVENING, A UG UST 28 1851. the station as attended the ro3 al party from thence this atttrw,on. CoURT CIRCULAR. Her 111.,jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, with the Prince cf Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess it )yal, and the Princess Alice, attended by the Countess of Desert, the lion. .13--atrice Byng, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Lord Alfred Pager, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, arrived at Buckingham Palace yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock, from Osborne, bled Wight. The royal party left Osborne at a quarter to nine o'clock, and crossed in the royal yacht Fairy to Gos port, where a special train was in readiness to start for the Nine Elms station of the South-Western Rail way. Oa reaching the station the royal party en tered four of the Queen's carriages, and proceeded to th , Pal,ce, escorted by a detachment of Hussars. Tne Queen and Prince Albert were received, on alighting from their carriage, by the Vice-Chamber lain and Major-General \Vemyss. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Hermann of Saxe Weimar visited her Majesty yes terday, at Buckingham Pa lace. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Roy al, and the Princess Alice, attended by Lord John Russell, the Countess of Desert, the Honourable Beatrice By ng, Colonel the Honourable C. B. Phipps, arid Lieute nant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, left Buckingham Palace at half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon for the terminus of the Great Northern Railway at King's-cross. The royal party occupied four of the Queen's carriages, and were escorted to the terminus by a detachment of Hussars. Sir James Clark joined the royal suite at the sta tion. A special train was in waiting to convey the august party to Doncaster. OSBOUNE, AUGST 27. Yesterday was the birthday of his Royal High ness Prince Albert, but the weather was so inclement as to preclude any of the Royal Family from leaving the mansion. The band of the Royal Marines performed a matinee in honour of the day, of the following Nieces:-- The Prince's Hymn ...... ....... S,lection, " Bohemian Girl" ....... Balfe. Finale, " - Fidelio" Beethoven. Aria, " Les Huguenots" The band also performed a number of select pieces in the middle of the day. The only additions to the Royal dinner party were Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps. The band of the Royal Marines were in attendance during the dinner, and performed the following selection : The Wedding March Overture, " Les Diamans de la Uou roune" Duetto, " Thncredi".. Uavation, " Lucrezia Borgia" Scena and Aria, " Nitio" ..... Verdi. A deputation from Bethnal-grren, on the subject of nuismcrs in that perish, hid an interview yester day with the General Beard of Health, at their offices Whitehall. The deputation consisted of the Rev. J. B. Austed, and Messrs. White and Z. Corpwell. GRAND BANQUET TO ROBERT STEPHEICTSON, ESQ., M.P, BANGOR, AUGUST 27.—The ovation which has this day been accorded to our eminent and justly celebrated engineer has proved one of the grandest affairs that the counties of Caernarvon and Flint, or the Isle of Anglesea, have witnessed for many a long year. It was understood that Mr. Stephenson, who arrived here last evening, was to " drive the last rivet" in the Britannia Tubular-bridge to-day; but whether the report were used figuratively in refer ence to the banquet, or literally, because one of the bolts, about 60 yards from the Caernarvon side, re mains to be driven " home" some two inches, an ope ration which it has been reserved for Mr. Stephenson to accomplish, we are unable to say. Certain it is, however, that, at a very early hour, vast crowds had assembled near the Tubular-bridge, in the expectation of witnessing that interesting ceremony. The ham mer was awaiting the Honourable Gentleman, and the officers were in expectation of his arrival, but after a considerable delay public impatience became ex hausted, and the majority crossed the Straits, under the direction of guides, either directly through the tube, or upon its summit, the latter proving a perilou's operation to many who, having attained as far as the Caernarvon Tower, were compelled to retrace their steps, owing to the stiff breeze that was then blowing, and seek the safer route. Passing from the Caernar von side to the centre, or Britannia Tower, the noble mansion of the Marquis of Anglesea, and the summer residence of Admiral Sir James Gordon, were full in view. The elegant craft in the Menai Straits, deco rated for the occasion with flags, and the steamers in full sail far beneath, all iormed a coup d'oeil difficult to describe. Having at length reached the Anglesea side, the visitors walked about two miles to the Menai Suspension-bridge. About half a mile from this ere George Hotel is situated, the grounds of which, on this occasion, have been fitted up with a very magnificent pavilion, capable of accommodating upwards of five hundred guests. The interior of this gigantic tent was entirely lined with cerise and white muslin ; the roof, about thirty feet high, arranged into a beautiful network, with festoons at intervals, and fan-shaped brackets at the sides. have taken place, in honour of the successful achieve . meets of the inest intrinsic and gigantic task ever preei.yed to mei - lern engineer, hs given an itupettts to science, such as has been rarely felt. In throwing a line of communication across the Straits, the first difficulty which presented itself was that in the con struction of the triqge no obstacle should be offered to the usual navigation, thus preventing the use of cen teringe Stc., generally areipted by engineers in the construction of arches. The first design, therefore, was a bridge consisting of two.cast-iron arches of 350 feet span each, the centre pier iesting on the Britannia Reck, which lies exactly in the middle of the Straits, and which is the chief reason why that particular site was chosen for crossing ; centerings being out of the question, it was intended to erect the arches on a plan adopted some years since by Sir Isarnbart Brunel, in the construction of brick arches without centerings; in the case of the Britannia-bridge, it was proposed to piece the voussoira on each side of the pier simultaneously, and tie them together, the arches gradually spreading out like wings on each side of the pier, keeping eac h ot h er i n e quilibrium. The same thing would have gone on from the abut mente, until the arche s h a d b een j o i ned at t h e apex . These designs were presented to the Board of Admi ralty for their approval, but they did not meet their requirements. The conditions i m p ose d on M r . Ste phenson were, to maintain a clear space of 103 feet throughout two spans of 450 feet each, the pier on the Britannia Ruck not to he more than 50 feet square at the baie, because according to the Admiralty not only was there to be sufficient heights allowed for ships' masts to pass, but the structure must be limited in certain parts, to interfere as little as possible a with th e effects of the wind. Mr. Stephenson 's real difficul ties had, indeed, now commenced; the suspension principle was thought of, but the tendency of the ela'form to undulation by the weight of the trains was a serious objection. It was then proposed' to stiffen the platform by means of boiler platnrivetted together; the id ea gra d ua lly dev e loped itself until the bridge assumed the form of a huge wrought-iron tube of sufficient size to allow of the passage of trains through it, having chains on each side to act as auxi liaries; in fact, the tube was supposed to be like a blue beam, the top and bottom of which acted like the top and bottom of any girder, that is, the top sub ject to compression and the bottom to extension; here Mr. Stephenson set Messrs. Fuirbairn and Hoigkinson to institute experiments on the strength of tubular structures. Mr. Stephenson at first thought that a cir cular form would t e the most suitable; but in the course experiments the rectangular form was found the strongest. It was also found that a rectangular beam could be made sufficiently strong, and of the neces sary length, without requiring the assistance of chains ; the top and bottom of the tubes, upon which depended their strength, were composed of series of cells ; in the course of experiment also it was found that wrought iron could not resist compression so well as extension ; there are, therefore, eight rectangular cells in the top and six in the bottom of the tubes. Mr. Stephenson wished to have chains, which would allow of the tubes being erected in their permanent posi tion. It was known that Mr. Stephenson was averse to floating the tubes. Mr. Edwin Clarke, however, proposed a feasible Oen of raising the tubes, Mr. Steptienson's floating scruples were overcome, arid it was decided to erect the tubes for the large span on shore, to float them to the base of the 'piers, lied raise. them to their permanent height by means of hydraulic presses. The land tubes were erected in their present position on scaffolding. This bridge, therefore, has two cen tral spans of 460 feet each, and two of 250 feet. All these were ultimately joined together when in their respective places. The same spot in which were wit nessed the first formation, floating, and completion of this wonderful bridge, has been rendered finally cele brated by the due glorification of its originator and completer, Mr. Robert Stephenson. MR. TYRWHITT, THE MAGIS IRATE; THOMAS LEDGER, THE SCHOOLNIASTER; AND THE LITTLE BOY, PHILLIP WHEATON," WHOSE BACK +r AS BARED IN COURT, AND EXHI BITED FROM THIRTY TO FORTY BLACK AND BLUE MAII.KS." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. I write incoherently, let your readers at tribute it to the indignation with which I seize the pen to send you a few hurried remarks on the above brutal case and brutal judicial treatment of it, as re ported in your paper of last evening ; " A little boy snapp,.d his fingers in school hours, and for so doming the master gave him two cuts across the hand, and afterwards, when no ono wils present, caned him ail the weapon split. He then got another cane, and held the face of the boy downwards by putting his foot upon him, and flogged him thus till a gentleman heard his screams, when the little boy was permitted to crawl away." Sir, in the name of common humanity, such half butchery of little boys ought to call down the execra tion of every man who was once a boy. In the name of Christianity, of his religion who said, " Suffer little children to come unto ine, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven," such barbarous attacks upon God's own pore and tender workmanship ought to arouse the loudest remonstrance from all hearts that beat in unison with the gentle ..N - saretie's, or who possess one spark of jealousy for " God's own image." But, Sir, it is not the brute who beat. the boy, it is not the accursed case itself, on which I would bestow now one singe word ; it is the magistrate whose ear I claim, it is be that I would address through your pages. Is Mr. Tyrwhitt not aware that his cruel and antiquated barbarism has been long exploded from every system of education enlightened by moral philosophy and experience, and adopted under the guidance and graces of a Divine religion ? Is the bench, Sir, the place from which to pronounce notions on education which have long been condemned by religion, philosophy, and common sense ? Take Mr. Tyrwhitt s remarks seriatim, and they begin and end in absurdity and cruelty. But your pages will not allow me to more than enumerate them. Firstly. He tells the parents that " no great harm has been done to their child !" Is the man that says this a father ? If he be, and his own child " crawls" home some night escaped from the highwayman's cudgel with forty black bruises on his bark, will be repeat the inhuman words, " no harm is done ?" But, Sir, he must be better acquainted not only with our physics! system but with our moral nature, and our being's end and aim, than he evidently is, before he can be capable of understand ing what harm has been done. I will leave medical men to say what internal injuries have been caused,' or how lasting in its effects is an injured vertebice, or what shock to a nervous temperament may have been produced. But I can say myself imagine a far more serious harm inflicted on the mind, the memory, the affections. Into these things Mr. Tyrwhitt is in capable of entering or of understanding, for he was brought up (according to his own acknowledgement) under the disadvantages of the cruel and iuhumanizing system. Had he possessed the advantages of s good education, had the heart's natural sympathies not have been stunted or destroyed by the mode in which he was brought up, he would have felt what a " harm," what a foul blot on the mind and affections of a child had been perpetrated by such cruelty, ivtiociated with the aged, such oppre,sion with the preceptor, such pain and suffering with learning and a school. He goes on to say that, " far heavier punishments were inflicted in the school wherein he was brought up." The very strongest argument, Sir, that could possibly be used against such punishment, if we judge by the best of all tests—is the consequences. But he further tells us that he has seen it inflicted on those who are our nobles and naval and military officers, who took it manfully and in good part, and that the punishment was necessary to keep up the dignity of the establishment. Does Mr. Tyrwhitt think that such twaddling sophistry will really be received as any thing hut nonsenz , e, or treated with any thing but scorn ? The punishment in those cases was either deserved or not. If deserved, it only evi dences the badness of an educational system that did not better train the boys, and preserve them from such deserts. If undeserved, it shows Om' the boys must have been made cowards who did not resist the injustice, and must have possessed little sense of real dignity or manliness to think that the dignity of an establishment could be upholden by oppression. But this sapient judge goes on to recommend that " all schoolmasters should have painted in the school room rules fur modes and extent of punishment fur offences, to which all parents should consent." Really, Sir, are not such ideas of offences and punish ments too monstrously ignorant and absurd fur com ment ? No difference to be made for the age of a child, its previous training, and knowledge of right and wrong, good and evil ; no difference for acci dent or design ; no careful investigation whether the deed result from good or bad motive, or from no mo tive at all; but for each offence a certain cruel pu nishment. The inkstand fell—it matters not whether from the feeble hand of an infant or dashed from the fist of an angy youth. The state was broken, but it matters not whether it was broken by the little phi losopher trying the resisting power of the blue stone, or by the pugilist pummelling therewith his neigh bour's head. A boy "snapped las fingers" (Oh, horiible crime !), but it matters not whether it was the little token of triumph and glee from the young. ster who had just conquered a , difficulty, or of the b oy who had broke n his playmates' nose. An inkstand was broken, a slate did crack, and a finger was really snapped, and there are the painted "rules; by them must the offender be butchered. This is a mere half of the infamy and evil that attaches to Mr. Tyrwhitt's system of education. In indignation at such systems and with commiseration for their victims, I remain vouri truly, Cheltenham, Aug. 26, 1851. DALETH. WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH OUR CONVU_vth ? LE r 'Eft 11. TO THE BIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY, BART., M.P. &c. &c. Sir,—Havirg shown that the intrinsic properties of Lord Grey's plan are opposed to the reclamation of the convict, let me now examine it in relation to the published opinion of one of acknowledged sagacity and wisdom—l allude to the Archbishop of Dublin, who thus laid down a proposition which for cleAr-headed truthfulness cannot be excelled. In a letter addressed to the late Earl Grey, the Arch hishop says—" The very system of a penal colony contains in itself considered us a mode . of punishm en t, a principle of self destruction, because it not only ai ms at two objects especially at variance with each other, but also has a constant tendency in practice to sacrifice the most important qf the two objects to the incidental and subordinate one-1 mean the efficacy of the pe nalty to the prosperity of the colony." This sentence, which ought to be inscribed in let ters of gold for the instruction of the Colonial Se cretary for the time being, the present Lord Grey treats as worthless, for he rejoices in his plan, which avowedly has for its principal end, not the punish ment of the convict, but the benefit of the settler, who wants shepherds, although the employment contains within itself elements essentially opposed both to the punishment and to the reclamation of the convict, who ought to have steady and constant work, and not that given by his Lordship's plan, which is employment of the most idle character. And yet what a singular combination of important elements renders the opinion of a Whately most valu able upon such a social question. The disciplined mind of the logician resolved to detect the real cause of the acknowledged evils—the sagacity of the states man desirous that a punishment should be adopted most likely to deter parties from criminal pursita— and the philanthropy of the Christian bishop anxious for the reclamation of the convict; yet Lord Grey pay s no attention to the opinion of such a man, and pursues a plan in direct contradiction to the principle it denounced. Although it must surely be a work of supereroga tion, let me now show that Lord Grey's plan is also bad in relation to the knowledge we have acquired from experience. It is simply an extension of the as signment system. Now, if there is one point on this sub ject on woich there is greater uniformity of opinion than another, it is the baneful effect of the as,•ign ment system upon the convict, and upon the colony although, no doubt, often useful and profitable to the individual settler; and if such have been the results in assignment to farmers in the neighbourhood of other settlers, must nut such evils be increased when the convict is assigned to the remote wilds of a pas toral district with none but associates of his own cha racter ? _ . The only possible way in which the the p assignmentuuiai system c an b e wor k e d so as to cffect both tnent and the reclamation of the convict is that which was adopted in the earlier settlements of America, when a convict was established in the house of the settler—punished by constant work without wages— and gradually reclaimed by the influence of the virttn,us habits with which he was surrounded. How essentially different from the mode of life which must be pursued by Lord Grey's Arcadian convicts, living together in a bothy, only occasionally visited by the proprietor ! gurely the above facts are conclusive against the probability of any good arising from the adoption of Lord Grey's plan. Well, replies his Lordship, if it does not work well let it be abandoned, as we have al ready abandoned every plan which has been tried by our predecessors and ourselves'; there can be no harm in trying it, for if it fails we are only where we were. Indeed! such may be the doctrine, and assuredly has been the practice, of the Colonial-office on this ques tion, but experience teaches that on this, as on every other subject of social importance, every step taken in the wrong direction, necessarily involving great delay, adds to the difficulty of establishing a proper system. After the exposure of the evils of the present sys tem by the Committee on Transportation, the colonists would have cheerfully co-operated with the Colonial- . office in carrying into practical operation any well considered plan tor punishing and reclaiming the con vict. A few short years only have elapsed, and they have now united in a league to prevent the abolition of convict transportation to any part of Australia—yet the Colonial-office thinks there is no harm in delay ! ! Rusticus expectat, deficit amnis. I am perfectly aware that there are some who think that the present agitation will soon pass away, because it is for the pecuniary interest of the settler and of the capitalist that the colony should be supplied with con vict labour, Whether Lord Grey himself entertains :Arch opinion, and has theref,re proposed his pre ,,ent plan to pass away time, I have no means of know ing, but. I firmly believe events will prove such an opinion to he both absurd and wicked. An absurd opinion, because there are some subjects which never recede, among the foremost of which are those deeply imbued with moral and Christian prin ciples. In the first discussion against slavery the statesman could predicate its certain downfall, and the Committee on Transportation have ensured the abolition ,f •be present system. _ _ A wick( a' opinion, because it relies upon Mammon in oppositiun to morklity,and assumes that the settler will, fi.frr the sake of lucre, be content to expose bis faieily to the coutaminatirg influences of a convict population. Instead of the Colonial-Li:fit e being irri tated sod at,gry at the conduct of the settlers iu pro tsouociog vgatost the future transmission of convicts, it ()malt to rejoice at the exhibition 12f such a proper feeling as being the surest prof that the inhabitants were rising in the moral scale ; but such conduct, bowsvrr gratify ing to the philanthropist, gives trouble to officiids, and is therefore denounced and the colo nist insulted. 1. have the honour to remain, &c., RIGBY WAbON. Corwar, Aug. 25, 1851. RAILW AY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work,24li) —Return of Traffic for the Week ending Aug 17, 1851: Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ...X10,553 19 2 Merchandise and minerals ... 3,538 3 6 Cattle ... 691 4 9 Total .. £14,783 7 5 Corresponding week, Aug. 18,1850 (236 miles): — Passengers. parcels, &c. ... £4,299 18 2 Merchandise, Cattle, ... 1,4.1 3 7 Total ... £5,701 1 9 , LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)— Traffic for week ending Aug. 2.1...C19,128 7 8 Corresponding week in last year, (253,i miles open) .. ...£17,601 3 9 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. .— 'Traffic for the week ending Aug. 24;_ rtIAIN LINE. Passengers ••• Parcels, H. C. and D. Gi,ods, cattle, &c. Mails ... ....0,952 6 5 ... 83 9 8 ... 633 0 1 ... 575 0 0 Total ... £4,243 i 6 2 •••• MOLD. Passengers Parcels, H. C. and D. Goods, cattle, &c. Total ..• £39 13 3 ... 1 9 3 ... 102 9 2 £143 11 8 STEAM-BOATS. Passengers ... ... Parcels, H. C. and D. „, £536 15 4 ... 22 19 0 THE BANQUET. The company, amounting to upwards of 350 gentle men, assembled in the large coffee-room of the George Hotel at five o'clock; the ladies were at once conducted to their seats in the north galleries, and during the evening partook of refreshments in the adjacent rooms. Shortly before six, dinner was announced, when the Hon. Colonel Pennant, M.P. chairman, accompanied by Robert Steph ens on, Esq., M.P., the guest of the day, proceeded to the dais, accompanied by the vice-eresid en t s , viz., Lord George Paget, M.P. ; the Hon. E. Lloyd Mostyn, M.P. ; Sir R. B. W. Bulkeley, Bart., M.P.; Sir Watkin William Wynne, Bart., M.P. ; Sir John Hamner, Bart., M.P.; W. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P. , • H. W. Wynne, Esq., M.P. ; T. R. West, Esq., M.P.; J. Williams, Esq., M.P., High Sheriff of the county of Carnarvon; and T. Owens, Esq., High Sheriff of the county of Anglesea. Mr. Paxton and Mr. Brassey were also among the guests. On the removal of the cloth, the Hon. Chairman propoied the first toast, " Her Most Gracious Ma jesty the Queen," which was received with the greatest enthusiasm, followed by the National An them. A very pretty effect was produced at this juncture by a royal salute fired from the Fairy yacht, moored in the Straits below the Pavilion. The Hon. CHAIRMAN next proposed the healths of ' " Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales (Ty wysog Cymru), and the rest of the Royal Family," which was enthusiastically received, and followed by a national eir on the harp by Mr. Richard Roberts. The "Army and Navy," followed by the air "Rule Britannia," was acknowledged. " The Bishops and Clergy of the Diocese' was next proposed from the chair. Glee—" Lightly tread, 'tis hallowed ground." The Very Rev, the Dean of BANGOR replied in a felicitous *peech, which elicited much applause. The CHAIRMAN, calling upon the company to fill their glasses, said he had now to propose to them the toast of the day, " Their distinguished guest, Robert Stephenson, Esq." In an eloquent address the chair man set forth the claims of Mr. Stephenson to their respect and admiration, and concluded by proposing that gentleman's health with nine times nine British cheers. These were given by the company with a hearty demonstration of respect, and another salute was fired from the Fairy. After a song by Mr. Ryall, written for the occa sion, the Hon. Gentleman rose to reply, end was re ceived with most enthusiastic cheers. He said that he sincerely thanked those present for the unequivocal expression of their feelings towards him. It was true that enormous difficulties had been overcome in the construction of the Britannia-bridge, in the stir• mounting of which he owed much to his friend and valued assistant. Mr. Edwin Clarke, whose excellent work was well known in all quarters where engineer ing skill could be appreciated. The Chester and Holyhead Railway would form one of the most im portant links in the empire, all of which were due to that invaluable mineral, iron ; of which a Copenhagen professor bad lately, in his presence, ingeniously il lustrated the inestimable value. After some addi tional observations, the Hon. Gentleman concluded by proposing the health of the chairman, which was re ceived with great cheering. The following toasts remained to be proposed when • our message was di-patched i—" The memory of the illustrious Telford" (in solemn silence), Sir John Hay Williams to propose "The House of Commons;" reply by W. Hughes, Esq., M.P. " The Lord Lieu tenant of the Principality ;" reply by Sir R. W. Bulkeley, Bart., M.P. The Hon. Lloyd Mostyn, MP, to propose "The High Sberiff of the Princi pality ;" reply by Sir W. NV. Wynn. " The Direc tors of the Chester and Holyhead Railw a y ; reply by Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P. " The Vice-Presidents ;" reply by Hon. E. L. Mostyn, M .P. " The contracto rs of the Chester and Holyhea d Railwa y Com p an y ;" reply by E. L. Betts, Esq. "The Electric Telegraph Company ;" reply by J . L. Ricardo, m . p . e The Ladies." " Tne Committee ;" reply by Mr. Pritchard. " Success to the Bangor and C aernarvon Railway ;" reply by G. W. Muot, E sq . The Britannia and Conway Tubular-bridges, the successful completion of which has led to the cele ) bration shortly detailed above, were no doubt as they • now stand the fruits of certain restrictions imposed by . 1 the Admiralty board on the engineer. The Britannia bridge in the neighbourhood of which the fotivitiee £559 14 4 Total BRITISH MUSEUM.—The exterior of f the new build ing is now almost complete, and the The id brick wall and are in a forward stat 3 of progress. Th above the gateway the unseemly buildings on each side and of a very small have all been removed with the exceptionaiiini g painted brown interior arrangements portion, and a high and elegant iron railing h been erected on a and ornamented with gilding .te. At each end of the basement of solid blocks ot„g„nrltsel have been constructed. railing square pillars leaving a carriage entrance Bide, of granite gigafonrticoopraodpm. ritssioinoso, 07iVi. iron wicket entrance on sitors. The front of the 13 eitherw buildingalcpararnaonweeb.e T fullyh e smi.,. and presents public during five claws in the week, seum is open to the g- of visitors, principally composed of and a countless , wthhrr /lave come up to see the Exhibition, country people, moving inwards and outwards all day long. may be meet' ich is on the ground floor, innalediately on The library, w. 'nd.'aicle of the entrance, is now open to the public a chaste and .unposg ewiclioclnlecotrieon otvain the right H tlliiberaexr3t,.ena?niav hcket, and thousands avail thernseives of the unre strained f and rare works admirably valu able " nerd compartment., ain . • . One of the principal fea tures • n is the old charter of attraction msnuscripts and other ,te.ditnissiontoinvitenwe ohi c 1 documents, which are dispLyed in glass cases to the strained gazeP of the curious. The antiquarian department is also an bject of great attraction, and excites the admiration of the learned, and the wonderment of the ignorant in such mat ters. Altogether the British Museum is now, in its exterior appearance, one of t!-,e handsomest of our public edifices. MARIAN WITHERS. Br GERALDINE E. JEws• BUR].—'l his new tale, by the authoress of "Zoe" "The Halt-Sisters," and other works of the first class of moduli fiction, will tend to 'widen and to confirm the reputation already achieved by one of our most sensible, earnest, well' informed, and sound of female writers of fiction. The story is one of intense interest. Miss Jewsbury's men and women are true mortals, with the vir' uts and failings, the pride, the up, affections, inconsistencies, and passions which go to max in varied proportions, the characters of the maid female .e actors on the world's stage. Marian Withers is no faultless monster which the world ne'er saw, but " A creature, not too wise or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, I Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.' IN REGENT-STREET.— A WoMAN FOUND DEAD hour, the police constable Yesterday morning, at an early rd the dead body of a woman short i on duty in Regent-street found distance from Vige.street. lying on the pavement a The corpse was removed as . speedily as possible to St. in Poland-street, where it was seen by the medical officer, w James's Workhouse, ho found no marks of violence. In formation was sentto Mr. Bedford, the coroner, who has ordered a postm mexamination. orte The deceased appeared to have been about fifty years of age, was of sallow com plexion, attired in black satin visits and gown, and a open 1.49 W 00419 t• ;ths. ,; 5 ." 5 i',\ ~~ i 1