The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-21 00:00:00

11°11X. AUGUST MEETING. 14To THE E DITOR OF THE SUN. 11 r )r ile‘approuthing not eting at Yel( bids fair to „,,should 1- the r acing c ommunity three days' excellent sport, tigathe weather prove favourable, I have no daubt vast numbers will ava il t h emselv e s of the accom ti 41 on efLred by t c le 1 , to t h at far-fam dice Great North ern R a il wa y f or a it , There „ • . . tVied e nine races • on the list for the first day te e e tle ,, d 9'), scene of which have yet to close. The s t -, w atch calls for attentioe is the Knavesnaire !tai, which includes the name of the Flying Dutch . , but Ido not fancy for a moment that he will put hi iitt a ti k t 1)11c/trance, the stake being too small to tempt leech' t: /) l eave his home; from the other three, e li4e"sh,l, and Castaritte, I select the former as the bee!ile Yolkshire Oaks (one mile end a quarter) has than fee:l4_,ticas, but I do not anticipate seeing more t vi h ill 44.- ': '1:t • 44 the post. I fancy Achyranthes e I,,i;,ti,i ro w_ 1 II n e T. a Tee et:ifee Sweepstakes of 100 sow. each looks like The r. or eltalian. ,c ' ss ett - r lnce ef Wales' Stake contains an . entry of 49 - Ne n e k st Several have already prover' winners, field o toet,i will show fur this interesting event; the entry )( Vali the rhules of some leading favourites f „ )r next eterkebreee..., 1 , e Storm, England's Glory, Lightfoot, &c. t shoe is re to be ait - er, but I fancy he will not be Gler has j been suceessful on three ueltPf.r°, CeaBiots, and a 5 it is doubtful if Citadel will 1 1.b05 e, I must award him this race. the o: 4n St. Leger look* like a certainty fur William % e t atse'llerer. Thursday has several races, but I shall Nanditi,"t'ln to the greet event of the week, the ' l sadi " ndi eltle for which - ninety-two horses were hit, c:PPed, out of which sixty-three paid for lieVert-L Poor compliment to the handicapper. m lle t loclest, I anticipate an average field, selected fro .1)41141 °orieriTine:—Canezou, Collingwood, Cockermouth, e_ e4 Yle e 4 al Velley Inheritress, Dulcet., Mildew, kkectiltlitli.4l.,,,t4,ll'd;eittuTle,hbe, JEurgugler, Cloth worker, Mark Tapley, ), 41ng f e, rime Canezou, aanndezToph,ebaAthlbdeseenceotlfta.neFyohrkee vosei or tne Goodwood Cup justifies her present die °II iteth I se hoe donea Market ; she won, it elsdise, so it Cariboo had perse . vered? e' es iase gt ll 9 ' t s had nothing whatever to do with the L s tel ydl i ! 4 the rest, with the exception of Cossack (who . aide I in g hat himself) , they were a meagre lot ! t n , % i ts I e r T i a t t t kdeel.ine taking Canezou on her men ~ kt tei : t I,oolfingZoroxibel:the real "Simon Pure" of the suspicious character in 414 Alt '4ll(lictte b t always a circumstances I think Is kt t Nce is ' n' under any came out th e the e; too far fie. him. Inheritress d o ° ldls 6 i i 41 . her old form again last week, but I fear to quite ( lthe ei e l Is a little too far advanced in CI! Iser e • e a this occasion, yet, if I could believe the Il dete s quite h If I should not desert . he_r. e t 4 ,if heat ertT , pats giy...ete, will be forward, but he c k e i r a t y ai e n a l r y . f i L'et on ,- sqon a lump of weight to horses of lit - 71 fer IT•the Clothtvorker—l certainly had a le.ltde got the with his original weight of .est. lUi a g_r! , at , .4:Socle e ° „ t t h ink they can have improved his chance void 6eetice about, as they did last week; his weight .. ` 4l ) h it ; ' L i b. I !Ra e no confidence in Mark Tap . ley : tel l ., te; ey'ert backed for a mint of money his p a r r o t' d i ie, 4 Cee'hserY sweet, but he must be vastly I t s 4 kcod7F 'arming to win this race; but t l l7e p stable h tt 7.4e, tlnale, and I know mean it, the it would teli e tthir e a : cold Cantab too cheap. , Elcho I havea th ' 6 ill so for, a better looking horse I never saw, t ti ti l leter /ill excellent goer. When he came in alone at fe 1 4 1 4 o r Ite.k Particular notice of him, and I was quite_ Ilt'ekslell hi s Particular a race-horse. It fit and meant, I le i e‘ue u e s :d be near winning the . Eoor Handicap. 4 Q :l eve " e' t . h as a very excellent private character, I ht e e .loli e s 4101 to be a good horse. Some say be Ne;i n kct it due on the day, bat from he state of Nes. e , o 'c'es not appear he will , be wanted t on this 41 41 1 "aitee 81114 up, I select Elcho as the wi i nn k e e. r, I tte'eehtit s e - „ ° , ll , be Clothworker, Cantab, and n Th sU Very-741Q The Abbess Colt be meant I expect to 41 t4 " th es 'i t '''rward. .. t • A . ,, e „ r le 4 ld handicap, one mile, has 15 nomin a- Qt i r t, aoe i C 0; considered; certainty by the knowing sthil . 11) eet t "' who have cleared the lists about her, ,0141 t. It 1 .41 'en her succumb to Collingwood and Uriel. Tls. akely to affo r d good day's sport. The ' t tett‘oesire Stakes bas a n a entry of 163, but Ido not 4i i :trd 4,._ruure than half-a-dozen contestthe prize. t kip ltia 3t ling frightened nearly everything ut of' the ~Tll Nit toter coo e race to him, expecting . to o see Cap itt i, ° qialt, fidence very close in attendance. . 4 4 'Lit, bb'rjtek Stakes for two years old, has 32 entries, /ritles; laialeetil, ' t fUr ands, . „ t ..,_ _. n c g c looking most like Lto4t "us, 11., yours, & .1, ECLIPSE. Nf t , sor rea IPeitrel°lldent's letter was mislaid, or it would - v,........„.....L .arlier -ED Sun] ~e ob, ___ "'LING INTELLIGENCE. Yo D , --"°,. AUGUST MEETING. I'? YORK, TUESDAY EVENING. tt it v 14, 1 411) 4 , EN f RIES. 111 its k( ette 4,'-elle Queen's Plate. Two . m_i_les a .; ;),tiktilit,iit, Yl ' ll a i. ..,: s l .o, r d s a " - iu ß sla. adulph us seed—Maid of T e am , t ,,L , t h Yrs..„_ t , --- rlo .4y es—baroness, 3 Y r s U ri. 1 4 •Y e r;— r!-- a l g ea le r ' o s n P e l e u s, m 4 e, y s re Y — ra I' n ' ly I toy 4 '4 tkO ' rlOr of Lanercost, 3 yrs—The Sweep, -44, N u , yrs, —Loo, by T a r tole, 3 St akes.—Hadulphus, aged—Loo, l't t Ins-- Collingwood, aged—Lady Eden, aced*Sllll4B,,, .41' -T he 4 6 i ' *-•,a , , , - i a~ I'N(\s-••) k—kiltb, 3 yrs (500 —Mary Nobbler, ra iltikierestitlittitlesiee, 4 yrs (501.)—Gulliver, 34 3;15 1) \ 41 1:. ' ? " 1 , ite.1,1344t1) 3 yrs (501)—Glad 1 N t , i y ti ( r+lis e l " Yrs (5o1) 4°ll en, a 1 Her ueelf. Plate for mares. hree 3 4,1 q ~,- PsSistor tomiles.yrs_ the Swallow, 4 yrs— ,,,Ml„ nay ~,n es , 4 yrs—Polonaise, ......e._. - 4 41 14 yt.'e "I.Yes-Lon s ' e e s—Priestess, 4 yrs Ts 1 10 ti ke ek te h i s- e, aelyeirEtli.of iLl i - a r m, 5 yre—Gladiole, 3 y (11).11,4Alt-etti' iate. Optional Selling weights. Mile COlolll li dal ue -t . l , *401)0;3 yrs—Mary Nobbler, a ed 5 aged o Ch i e f 4 b ' s a, yrs (500—Eagle's Plume, , on , )_... 1 111 Y 4 A l ise, ell (501 .) —French Susy, 3 yrs k°" 1 . 1"" yr -PI (800—Old Claret, 3 yrs (506) ete. el i ,, s (SOOWitchcraft, 3 yrs (504) lot, 0 Th e ttblltcAtit,b, St, Ntooti a n a , Cuba, The Cloth ie', da te 't• Ann, Mildew, b c by Emelius, or m'eldle- Ok e :,,of 6 . °Y Actmon, 2 yrs; bc by Bay 1 ke!tobe's GloLuscla, 3 yrs ; Pilgrim, Life Guardsman; lio l , il vi Akl, Aso Joni Rol tby, William the Con;e u o s: i,:!,lllteatee Lady Oucle, Captain Grant, Entre •N___ lsr. demor b a it, Speedy, Prior of Lanercost, II _ Ol e u tash e l tn '' -Lady Ede, Achyranthis, Gladionel, kke t 4 etiee s , ' 'teeth, Scarborough, Queen Bee,.Ra qieg C IP Per the r p Thiel, Ilolthorpe Baroness, Witch taree e Grs`tt, Meridian, Tiff, Cock s erm a o l u e t w h : Il k l trary eZeeP, Andalusian, Sister to 1 es N I ceetlt Abler, Maid of Team Valley. D w u hin, a I) to te! , ee3, Mark Tapley Priestess, Brother_ slte, ftarlitatl, French S ' usy, Polonaise, R . abYs la 4 Il a, Lco, Elcho, Chatterer, Pastore, &e. Ttse s ' (ty ••• B ETTING AT YORK. BLECTRIC TELEGRAM) 7 t xlio ft HANDICAP. 5 Cs 2to 'gat Ca n t a b • 7 to 1 a gar Colli ngwood - - t o () 1 li get Elch o 1 12 to a get Mark T ap l ey 14 tr , 1 , a gat Cloth wor k er 17 t - 4 a g a t Cockermouth 0 1 gat Reality lit, OhT l itop, A °NINLT--A U GUS T• N o t‘trbi'augnst crowned with blushing fruits— ,, 40Pricot--the damson's gloom -1 414:44.11a1P 4.ed-full—while the mushroom shoots, 4 eer y A g 8 glltter through the harvest's bloom. 4 Rette-esgst, that With i s grace, e 44 4. 14 rseete with wanton " 1 to title 'gridwtth wanton face, . 41 ,N til ,e W e ,' % g a t ?' Aye, follow old and young, S "tht muse and Ne e, her charmed tongue (h p I:4e, ii P ogrom the morning ray 4 / '. l l e h w e roll— Tealii °IP weer k asse ' when ruddy sunbe am s tt? lore tie , 4 Where the harebells play, ti:lit 4 . vitind aies, like some enfranchised soul, isretoll.lstea-e.er seek her beetling where ' ka t • t ins cloud the glowing air. , , te e t • , (1 14 E. E. M. K. li 4tri to kt p q iimil ., sEttem e i4t io 4 eN is 4 , et 14,i'lTilbE.—Mr. G. Walker was the . 14 4 4 i ‘erth,e:ls attention to the evils arising from IT. het , l 14tioo' ocean he spent Q veral years in the invest,- o io,'Stsee'sf teie.'„ea, and largesnms of money in the ac -I,4;l%lV;e4est hiries• Mosty owing to his exertions, the ve i,e4teeelttele underh been Passed. Appointments have itmstrqfcsticsettlisttst tlaat is ignored _but__ not one to poor ti 4 ill 4 l't to t atr eie %Ice is . by Government Set- Its 4 St e 4 0 ,R% to `jg of some high acknowledgment, are 01 44 , !locate hewn contempt. We often think that 0,1 It . iji 4 aS) taln,gratef u 1 nation. France and other na %lem"-tite t '''' isC e iee in rewarding their benefactors. Mr. /Nit tol'er.s, fur nothing but the "cold shoulder" was 111:N 4 1 4 s t , i l ,e 4141' several years. Mr. Waghorn lo tt 1 )(1,-4 in thin in proof of the little t4PPy I the l ; e s , ‘ S w 4l 's c ountry to men of science a th , (1 e tipi et 4 e r ceet our gratitude in the b elt h 4 4„e4t of . Prince of the royal blood is to b a e the ei, ti e &e lk it. vv year most eu liberal ut e r- ot ! 4). 4 the, coe c ,e do not begrudge 12,0901 claim is 4 ‘ll ti",11144'%1 of Ottouridge, wh ose on l y public 110,44 1 ,11 , 1ve ralk? Th utis m e l i s iather, but we have not a farthing to qa lt ;of the go od. e i tne are based upon the stron d gground not been f,t, ctleeat l o i n roy al fa" is a pity Mr. Walker had 41 4 11 it iik ng som e 1111 . 1 Y 1 for then, instead of receiving 4 ' ttt Are It I°,o oo th 'ng, he would have come in u f r or te tk t 4, ole of for doing nothing. For the fut e, eyeil . IN shall °rerament patronage of men of talent t,, sk 'ell, politely exclaim, " Walker • St 'hiti .' ui, 'ttPltrinOeruba A , 41 1 t,All ',an a ail -ssauor and suite, accompanied 1 "41 • /44 P and James left this country yester tti,tlN,) it' Ow °lkestoo 'Nt ''l't 4 of e, Boulogne, and Paris, on their Ikjikititith .ore op ... IT. il'.4ltl,trlollZltaiit I.l‘l-;()4q. Aliwrs.— By an Act passed kj 4 ttp e e Of a 4 . 15 of ,: eotetary of State is empowered to kt i l l t O t t \till b e ,li,Mines, and it is to be hoped that a leS l'Oli e ,„,c , te inte r, i d s prevented. The duty of an 4 111 iL at i t0 4 4 : : 1 )44 . 11( 0 1, rtrihr l w rs ol i . kussPiined t'and machinery, lisk4e4 al e 41 1 4 e rai n 8 41 , as also to inquire into the at all all reasoe 'elq7eri."l,et er ;e 9 e °nee l; tot er Y feFility is to be afforded to KNte' is t 'ee et esag er „e aPpointed to the office who is . let, '° he „!'ale e e ,', ''''otic e of accidents in mines is . to st:loati In ~sl r c, u t o `,e,tar3, and previous notice of in -144 slltte Jr- -ee lienie Se ter/ of deaths from 1 1st 4Qtit) au` Pier s L " '. - c+ner • ~.. tik t f 3 aa i or agents et mines, or .. n :, 4.14,44,, 610 k sPec ,,,tlr, may be fined not less tha .ae Act does not extend to Ils, LITERAT URE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. 2 Vols. On first taking up these volumes, and casually turning over the pages, on one or which, gracefully surrounded ,by birds and flowers, we read—" to the prettiest bra wn e 3 es in the world and a heart this little work is dedicated z" and in another, towards the close of the second volume, in the "Future" chapter, we find a record of that terrific deluge in England (in the year 1880) which destroyed so many thousands of persons, and depopulated so many towns and villages in the midland counties—we are disposed, and not without reason, to regard "Past, Present, and Future" as a somewhat eccen tric, and maybe ridiculous, composition. Let the reader, however, pause before pronouncing such a con demnation. If he have patience to pursue his investigations a little further he will find in the chap ters entitled " Present " so much of interesting and valuable matter, written with so much earnestness and eloquence, as will induce him to look leniently upon the extn iordinary nature of the concluding pages, even up, rn the mention of that calamity which marked " the c losing years of good Queen Victoria's reign." For wiliat reason such an incident is intro duced we are totally unable to conjecture. We therefore very willingly turn from that portion of the work, which, in, our opinion, might have been omitted -with advantage, to consider the preceding porti oa, which we have perused with in terest and satisfriction. In the preface we are told " the first part < if this book contains the story of a life ; the second Fart mostly contains familiar letters on various subje uts—chapters illustrating those sub jects intersperse-I with the letters; the third part will speak for itself." To that third part we have al:eady alluded ; the first part relates the history of Cecil Latimer—her lore-story, her misfortunes, and her unexpected inheritance. The second part is of a very different character. The heiress is here establish Id at Ashdown, the mistress of most extensiv e domains, numbering miserable vil lages and innurn erable and wretched tenants. By a process which so) ne of her neighbours ascribe to magic, the mistress of A shdown gradually surrounds herself with happiness it i the place of misery, and calls up industry and prt sperity in the place of sloth and star vation. A series of letters, intermingled with glimpes of the life at Asi tclown, record the transformation and afford an opportunity for the introduction of many truthful and bear Lt iful thoughts, and many observations of sound and p ractical wisdom. As a specimen of which, here is tie secret of Cecil's magical achieve ments:— " On the subje,rt of Miss Latimer, Mr. Adair would hold forth withc.ut coming to any conclusion, but always ending thus:—' It is extraordinary, I cannot make it out. Ile forgot to notice that Cecil went the straight road she, had in view, to some determined end; that in matters of business she never stooped to gather up the twigs mil flowers on the wayside; that in her eyes business was business, not amusement; that she looked on the in iprovement of persons and things, as the taxes, duties, and financial measures of the Go vernment of her rot operty and people; and she never en tered into discutis ions on those subjects but with a few persons whose or inions she looked up to. Mr. Adair overlooked Miss Latimer's steadiness in bringing things slowly and graduak , to what she had in view. He would change and demur, and turn round and pause and tem porise, while, like the Princess in the ' Arabian Tales,' she walked straik:h t up the mountain, having once dis covered at the b,ttom of the hill the pathway, amid briars and thorns, and thistles, without regard to those who called to her to stop and loiter by the way." The remarks on music and its influence are among the beautiful sad truthful observations we have alluded to as forming a conspicuous part of the his tory of "The Present." What we are, moreover, especially pleased with in these portions of the nar rative is the forcible manner in which that too-often forgotten truth is impressed upon the would-be friends of the pc or, namely, that the poorest and most miserable among us have not only sensations but sentiments like their "betters." Cecil delights in witnessing the interest with which her once wretched and alit oat depraved villagers listen to the beautiful music w hicb, both at church and in her own dwelling, she provides for their benefit. " After giving them food and clothing," is her maxim, "let us encourage among them the love of music, and flowers, and poetry, let us teach them they have souls." On the same subject the heiress thus con- verses with her friends : " There is no pi rson living who cannot be dealt with in some way or other, or have not• their sentimental turn, if you can find it out. It is the point on which they are tenderest, and music will make its way on the roughest, hardest, most savage nature. " You are perfectly right," said Miss Latimer, "every one is sentimental 'about something. Ono looks down at the violets, another up at the stars; one person about their dog, another about their daughter. That is the fading to lay hold of. I cannot write poetry, but I would willingly tutu a poetical feeling into active utility." With such, and even more truthful and eloquent re marks, the "Present " portion of this work is richly stored. It is full of practical wisdom, enforced in a most impressive and attractive mariner. As such we cordially cowmen d it, notwithstanding its eccentrici ties, which eccentricities we hope to see avoided in the next work by the same author.! LONDON .41E.DICAL EIAIIIIIVER. No. V. This is the fifth number of a new monthly medical periodical. It contains much useful information on the public libraries of the United Kingdom, more particularly on t hose of the various medical corpora tions, which seem. to be grossly mismanaged. Among the various papers, we would particularly recommend the attention of oar medical readers to the one on " Croup," by Edwards Crisp, M.D., of Parliament street. It is the model of what a medical treatise ought to be, and is completely exhaustive of the subject. THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE. We trust the members of the Government will attentively peruse the papers on the subject of the massacres and cannibalism at the San dal Wood Islands,. the New Hebrides, New Cale donia, and the Loyalty Islands, and will adopt mea sures to protect our •cotnuierce in , lhose semi No doubt the membe , :s of the Pirate Protection Society , will oppose the adoption' of any such necessary mea sure of maritime police until some one of the members of the immaculate body shall have actually seen an Englishman (according to Mr. Cobden's theory, it must be an Englishman to authorise our interference) regularly slaughtered, roasted, and eaten ; but, fortunately, the united efforts of the knaves and the noodles can only muster a Parlia mentary force of seventeen, and therefore the Minister can afford to treat them with contempt. We hope shortly to have a good account of these cannibals from the commander of one of our steam-frigates. The magazine for this month contains, besides this paper, a variety of articles on nautical subjects. THE GF:ATTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. Sylvanus Urban opens with an admirable article entitled " Who wrote Shakspere's Henry VIII. ?" a question which the writer answers by attributing a considerable portion of it to Fletcher. " A Record of Rambouillet " is a pleasant gossipping paper anent the various possessors of that celebrated domain. The author has caught the true French spirit of memoir writing. Mr. Francis Harwell contributes an ad mirable " Memoir of Paul Louis Courier." In speak ing of his murder, Mr. Harwell says— " Paul Louis Courier was shot on the 10th April, 1823, a few steps from his house in the country: he died immediately. Suspicion attached to the Government, to his wife, to some private enemy; but we have no light to guide us in pronouncing on whom the guilt lies." We were in France at the time, and the generally expressed opinion was that the conspiracy to murder Paul Louis Courier had been concocted at Montt rouge, and that the hand which pulled the trigger had been blessed ; in short, he was murdered by the Jesuits, who have never wanted a Ravaillac to perform their behests. We never heard that suspicion at tached to his wife. The other papers in the Gentle man's Magazine are all of great merit. PENNY MAPS. Part I. This is a marvel of cheapness, even in this cheap age. We have here four accurate quarto maps of Denmark, Holland, and Belgium, Hungary East and Hungary West, beautifully engraved by Mr. Lowry, for one penny each, or with the boundaries coloured, twopence. To Messrs Chapman and Hall is due the credit of having been the first to place maps within the purchasing power of the poorest working man. Every one can now purchase for himself an Atlas. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The Queen and Prince took their usual early walk this morning. The younger members of the Royal Family walked and rode in Osborne Park and grounds. Sir Francis Baring arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon, and will accompany her Majesty and his Royal Highness in the intended trip to Ostend. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left his seat, Mickleton Hall, Yorkshire, for Birnarn Dunkeld. THE QUEEN'S EXCURt'ION TO BELGIUM. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Flizelarence; the Fair), royal yacht, 111aster-Commander Welch the Black Eigle, Admira'ty steam-yacht, Master Com mander Cook ;"aud the Vivid stcam-packet, Master- Commander Smithett, ell assembled at Cowes this morn ing, and subsequently moored oif Osborne, with steam up, ready for weighing, but this afternoon, about 3:30, her Majesty's intmtion not to embark tc-day, in come quence of the high westerly gale blowing, was tele graphed to the Commandt-r•iti-Chief bele, The Vivid subsequently returned irdu this harbour. Why is a bad shot like a very amusing fellow ? Because he is the boy to keep the game alive. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL WAY STRIKE. The following address to the shareholders of the Eastern Counties Railway Company has been handed to us for publication : "To prevent misapprehension on the part of the shareholders and the public as to the position of the en gine -drivers and firemen lately in the employment of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, the directors feel it their duty to publi.th the following statement of facts. " On the 22d of last month Mr. Gooch entered on his duties as locomotive superintendent on this railway. "On Monday, the 12th inst., a deputation from the engine -drivers and firemen desired to see some of the directors. They were received by Mr. Ellis when they presented to him a memorial complaining of Mr. Gooch, in the following words:— " TO THE CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TEM EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. "' llumbly showeth,—That your petitioners, the en gine-men and firemen in your hon. service, have been driven by the unjust and tyrannical proceedinga of Mr. Gooch to appeal at once to your hon. board. We are still willing to serve your hon. board on the same condi tions we did before Mr. Gooch became our superinten dent, and we flatter ourselves we gave your hon. board every reason to be satisfied with our conduct and capa bilities as enginemen and firemen. We deeply regret that we are compelled to bo so hasty in our proceedings, but the prompt manner in which Mr. Gooch is carrying out his tyrannical measures leaves us no alternative We are quite willing to terve your hon. board as heretofore, but we have unanimously come to the determination to be the servants of your: hon. board no longer than the 18th day of August, 1850, unless Mr. Gooch is removed from being our superintendent, " ' Signed on behalf 4)f the enginemen and fire men in the employment of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. (No signatures.) "‘Josepb Tatton, eugineman, and his fireman, were fined each two days' pay and suspended two and three.l quarters, for the cotter of his cross-head breaking in three pieces after being 34 tailes on his journey—an ac cident over which he possibly could have no control. " James Steel, enginensan, and his fireman, were fined a quarter of a day each for his eccentric strap breaking—caused by the cage of his block breaking and the ball working up into the pump. • " Henry Harris, engineman, and his fireman, were fined a quarter of a day each for detaining his train 10 minutes—the cause was his eccentric sheave slipped, over which he had no control. " James Nelson, engineratan, and his fireman, were fined one day's pay each tor a drawbar giving way on a train of 50 waggons. " Edward Rae, engineman, and his fireman, fined le. each for a draw-bar breaking in a traia of 30 loaded • waggons. " John Thomas Hope and Joseph Kinnereley, en ginemen, with their firemen, were fined 2s. 6d. each for' the cotter of a drawbar breaking in a train of 56. waggons; the cost of the cotter would not exceed 3d.; and fancy two engines attached to such a train, and to, fine men for a simple cotter breaking. " These are a few in his tyrannical acts too numer ous to mention. The deputation can give you every satisfaction. He is discharging the old and experienced enginemen and firemen because they receive 7s. 6d. and 4s. per day, the which yoar hon. board agreed they should have.' " Mr. Ellis stated to the men that the board had ne knowledge of any disagreement existing between the engine-drivers and Mr. Gooch. They had never com plained either individually or collectively, and this was the first intimation they had given. He added that the directors nad no desire to part with their old servants, or any intention that they should be harshly or unfairly dealt with; that ~they believed Mr. Gooch to be a kind man, and ho was so considered by those under his ma nagement on the South-Western Reilway, where he had been employed for the last ton years. His serious ad vice to them was not to act precipitately or prematurely; many of them doubtless had wives and families, and they should therefore consider before they acted in the way mentioned in their memorial. They would see that he could not be prepared with an answer, as, in justice to Mr. Gooch, the directors must hear his reply before they determined the matter. They would see Mr. Gooch, sad endeavour to adjust their differences. " The men expressed themselves satisfied with that assurance and departed. Within an hour of the receipt of the memorial 178 reaignatinns, including those of the deputation, were seat into the superintendent's office in one parcel. " These notices were on printed forms, which had been prepared and signed beforehand. " The directors immediately sent for Mr. Gooch and placed the memorial in his 'maids for explanation. On the following day that officer addressed the annexed letter to the Board:— " TO THE CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. " Eastern Counties Railway-office, Sishopsgate Station, London, August; 13, 1850. " Gentlemen,—l return herewith the paper which was referred to me, purporting ti ) be a memorial from the engine-drivers and firemen M' this railway, but which bears no signature. As it however quotes some in stances of what is termed tyranny on my part, I think it desirable to give the follc•wing explanation upon them:— " The first case quoted was one where, in taking the Colchester goods train, the engine failed from the loss of a cotter, causing considerable damage to the cylinder and other tarts of the engine, arising entirely from a want of careful examination by the men in charge, and although they state that they had made a proper ex amination at Chelmsford, within four miles of the place where the accident occurred, they admitted to me, in the presence of the foreman, that, bad those parts then been right, the accident would not hi me happened. " The second is a case of sir filar carelessness on the part of the men, in not satisfying themselves that their engine was in a proper state. These men aro in the shed every third day with thefr engine, during which time it is strictly their dutlt-tc. have their engine pro perly examined and repaired. "In the third case, the fine was for not reporting the circumstance of the engine failing, and that the train had to be taken to St. lye's by horses, and not for the shift ing of the eccentric. " The others quoted are for breaking drawbars of waggons, a circumstance which, in nearly every instance, is the effect of carelessness on the part of the men, and which I am sorry to say, is of very frequent occurrence on this line, and requires to be stopped, as very much mischief is caused by it. "You will observe by the list that several cases of fines are omitted, which prove the want of discipline under which these men are working, and which it' is ab solutely necessary, both for the safety of the public and the interest of the company, should be changed. " I will only further observe that the statements made by them verbally, as reported in. the Times of yesterday, are wholly without foundation. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Y.)ur obedient servant, "J. V. Goocu." "In consequence of the determination expressed by the men, the directors immediately proceeded to make arrangements for continuing the traffic on the line, and they succeeded in placing new e n g ine-drivers and fire men on a considerable portion of it on Thursday, the 15th inst. " Having obtained a further supply of these men from other lines, the directors communicated with Mr. Gooch, and with their sanction he issued the following notice to the enginemen and firemen:— "' I hereby acknowledge to have received notice of your intention to leave the service of this company on Monday next, the 19th inst., and I accept your resigna tion. But, as the directors have been informed that some of their people have families who live upon the line of railway, and have been compelled to quit the company's service against their will, I have thought it right to give such men an opportunity of returning to their duty. " Should any man wish to withdraw his resignation, he may do so by writing to me to that effect, when I will give his case my best consideration. " Joust V. Goocu, Locomotive Superintendent. " August 17.' " Mr. Ashcroft, the company's Superintendent of Way and Works, being aware of the desire of the directors not to act with harshbess towards the men, or to part with them, if by any means they could be brought to a sense of their duty, saw several of the leading men en gaged in these proceedings on the same day. The whole body, at a later period of the day, held a meeting, at which the following resolutions were passed : " At a meeting of the engine-drivers and firemen, held in Stratford, August 17, 1850, the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : " 1. All old hands to be reinstated that were dis charged without just cause. " 2. In the event of an excess of hands, the junior enginemen to return to firing, and junior firemen to re turn to the shed. " ' 3. The maximum time to be stated for one day's work, namely, from 100 to 130 miles, and, where miles cannot be run, that ten hours be considered as one day's work for all passenger trams; extras to be paid for. Goods and passenger trains but from eighty k to ninety miles, or ten hours, to be considered a day's work for goods trains. 4. If any enginsman or fireman, through accident or otherwise, cause damaT,e (previous to dismissal), to be brought before the officers committee, so as to have a fair and impartial hearing. " 5. In the event of any sudden change through ex cess of business on the lino requiring firemen to drive. then the prior term served as drivers in their rate of wages to be considered, so as to entitle them to wages sanctioned by the directors. "' The following scale of wages we beg to submit to and for the approval of the directors:— " Cleaners, promoted to be firemen, to receive 3s. 6d. per day for the first six months, 3s. 9d. the next six town)o.thAe years,ri i fi r months, and 4s. after they have been firemen 12 months. "' Firemen, promoted to be shedmen, to receive ss. per day, and when promoted to be enginemen to receive 6s. per day for the first six months, 6s. 6d. for the second six months, and 7s. for the next two years, and after that time to be 7s. 6d. per day. " ' Firemen of good character, previously employed on other railways, to receive for the first three months 3s. 6d. per day, alter that time to be paid 4s. per day. " Enginemen of good character, previously employed n a alf l s re r a t hytash:aht to atyi me eoeni receivev unjustly n 7 j e u , s p t e 3,7, r s d 6 a d y . fp inflicted.err the first G toha • `shat e i nreturned shallto the a p fi a n r b d y ay bl r. the party in question having e ties be so fi ii n ifl e i d cled without t t_e betore st,,t h t the o i r ffi e c t e , r s: e m otn o,y mitt a eo fni o r r an b d ef i o m re parti c a h l h c ear- Geis t „:, h i i n n , k t p t, rxr c to appoint. oin' i ▪ Resolved, that the ccn , g ous, Ashcroft, who has kindly offered his aery by this weetiug, be torward - e'd to th e 3t'PP y r(7'. directors jaesas b.mc. medi ator between the directors and us. 1 " We, the enginemen and firemen, Aeeply regret the misunderstanding that has already arisen between us and thecontpany's superintendent, viewing the depressed state of railway property at this time, as it has a most ruinous effect on the value of all railway investment. " We theref)re b eg t o say that we on l y requ i re t h at meed of justice th a t i s our due, for the great length of service, and anxiety o f m i n d which we have a l ways b a d for the welfar e an d sa f e - working of your line of ra i lway. ' " Mr. Ashcroft a tt en d ed the board with a copy o f t h ese resolutions. The result of the board's deliberations is contained in the subjoined extract from the minutes of their proceedings of that date:— " Mr. Ashcroft attended and handed in a copy of a series of resolutions passed at a meeting of the engine drivers and firemen, held this day at Stratford. The same having been considered, the following resolution was unanimously agreed to:— "' The directors having received at the hands of Mr. Ashcroft a copy of certain resolutions passed at a meeting of the engine -driver s and firemen held at Stratford this day, and having fully considered the same, with every disposition to treat their men fairly, regret that it is not in their power to accede to their demands. The directors having communicated with Mr. Gooch, that officer has, with their sanction, issued the notice sent herewith, and it will be a source of gratification to the board to learn that this notice has been received in a proper spirit.' "For the satisf ac ti on o f the shareholders the d i rectors append to thi s sta t ement a copy of a report wh i c h h as been this day h a nd e d to t h em by Mr. Gooch. " TO THE CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. "Locomotive and Carriage Department, Stratf )rd, Aug. 20. " Gentlemen,—From the various statements which appear daily in the public papers, I feel it to be due both to you aed to myself to explain, as concisely as I can, the sever a l c i rcumstances connected with the notice given to me by the enginemen and firemen in your ser vice on the afternoon of Monday, the 12th inst., to re sign their situations on the evening of Sunday, the 18th inst. " The reason they assigned for so doing, in the memo rial they presented you on the same day, was the unjust fines which had been imposed upon them by me. You are fully aware that, in conducting an establishment of this character and magnitude, the strictest discipline is necessary to insure safety to the travelling public, as well as economy to the shareholders; it is with great regret I am compelled to say that, on taking charge of this de partment of your railway a few weeks ago, I found the discipline throughout the whole extent in a very unsatis factory state. " Being most desirous to effect the changes which were necessary as quietly as I could, and only gradually to introduce the same system on this railway as prevails throughout all the other leading railways, I, in every case, imposed such fines only as would set rather as a warning for the future than as punishment for tb• offence. "I deny, most emphatically, that in any case has a fine been imposed for any failure of an engine which a practical man would say was beyond the common care and control of those in charge. I wish only to state, that the other fines were imposed for not reporting,' and one case in - particular, when in consequence of the eccentric shifting, the train had to be taken a distance of five miles by horses. ",Fines also have been imposed for arriving at stations with goods-trains at periods varying from one hour to half-an-hour before the appointed time, thereby endan gering their own as well as the safety of all other trains travelling over the same part of the line. " I state distinctly that I never had any intention to roducu wages or to increase the day's work of any man. " On receiving the instructions of the board, in conse quence of the resignation of the men, I immediately took measures to replace them by good and efficient drivers, and I am happy to say that, with the kind assistance re ceived from other railways, by yesterday morning I had engaged 77 engine .drivers, whose testimonials from their late employ ers will bear the closest inquiry. "I shall lay them before you to-morrow. "On Saturday evening all the trains running north of Cambridge were worked by new men, and since yes terday morning the whole of the trains have been so worked. Knowing that the lines as well as the engines were strange to these men, I folt it necessary to give instructiona to each to use the greatest caution—to study safety before speed, and not to attempt to re gain lost time, and thereby to incur any risk. There have been several trains a good deal behind time, but these have in every case arisen from tricks having been played with the engines which could not easily be detected until they had 'relieved some distance—viz., sand mixed with the grease in the axle-boxes, oil and other injurious matter put into the water-tanks, and such other things as those only who know their effects would do. At Norwich a slight collision took place in backing out of the station by two engines coming to gether and causing a very trifling injury. This is an occurrence not by any means peculiar to new hands. So far as the safe conduct of the trains by the new men goes I have every reason to believe that they aro quite competent for the duties they have to perform; and, had they not been subject to such malicious tricks as those before mentioned, I have no doubt whatever but that the trains would have continued as punctually as before the change was made. " The precaution which has been taken of placing the inspectors of permanent way and the head guard of each train upon the engine, to point, out to the driver the various stations, junctions, and signals, has worked ex 'ceedingly well. " Tue number of men who have been engaged will be suffiei‘nt to work all those trains which hare been sus pended, and all those men not now actually employed in working trains are travelling over the various lines of the company, that they may become thoroughly ac quainted with them. I have, therefore, no doubt but that on Monday next the whole of these trains may be resumed, it you so desire it. • " I have the honourto " J. V. Goccu. " In conclusion, it must be obvious to the shareholders that the demands made by the men were such as both on public grounds and for their interests could not be complied with. " EDWARD LADD BETTS, Chairman. " Bishopegato Station. Aug. 20." JENNY LIND AT LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 20.—The performance of the Messiah, last night, attracted a larger audience than the first concert; upwards of 3,000 attended. Jenny Lind's singing surpassed anticipation. Her energy and brilliant execution of" Rejoice greatly," her ex ipnre,s‘sHioonwi n he ' e ‘ u H ti e ful sh e a r l e l fteheyd feethis fl r o , ck h , er h fe e r r vi t d en d d e e v rn oti e o s n s in " I know that my Redeemer liveth," and her fine reading of the last air, " God be for us I" which made it a new and unexpected feature, raised unbounded enthusiasm. The second and fourth airs were en cored. In the recitatives, besides the excellence of her vocalization, the pointed articulate manner in which she pronounced the English words excited ge neral admiration. Signor Belletti made a highly suc cessful debut in Handel's m us i c, and pro d uce d grea t effect in " Why do the n a ti ons. " His Engl i s h was very good. The chorus was excellent, the band indifferent. Miss Williams, Miss Andrews, and Mr. Benson were the singers. M. Benedict conducted. After the oratorio the National Anthem was sung, Jenny Lind giving the two principal verses. The scene that ensued defies description. The walls of the building rever berated with the cheers. Hats, sticks, and handker chiefs were waived in every direction. The platform of the orchestra was covered with bouquets and wreaths, many of which fell upon the head and shoulders of the songstress. It was a leave-taking such as Jenny Lind herself has rarely experienced in the course of her artistic life. Between the parts of the 2lfeesiah an address was read to Jenny Lind, on the part of the committee, lauding her character and talents, and wishing her a happy voyage and a speedy return. On the head of the address, which was written on vellum, were the arms of Liverpool, and at the side the arms of Sweden. Benedict received a handsome gold snuff-box. 1 This morning Jenny Lind visited the hospital, where she was presented by the committee with the silver teakettle of which we have spoken, besides a splendid pair of silver candlesticks. She was after wards conducted over the new wing of th e h o spital, which has been added th rough her .exertions. A great number of Jenny Lind's admirers have hired a steamer to escort her on her voyage as far as the North Light. She starts to-morrow morning at ten on board the steam-tend er S am p son, which conveys her to the Atlantic. The boat sails at half-past five. Her companions are Benedict, Belletti, Miss Hernen sen, a relative, Mr. Hisertsberg, her secretary, and Mr. Wilson (Mr. Barnum's agent). Eight o'Clock P.M.—A message has just been sent from the superintendent of police to Mademoiselie. Jenny Lind requesting her, as a favour, to start two hours earlier by the steam-tender, since, from the immense crowds that will be on the piers to witness eight, therefore , quite leave privately, her departure, and from the dangerous na t ure of the locality, an accident and even loss of lif e might be e A x d p e e i c p t h e . i Hotel Jennyet a quarter and the mob of lookers-on will be cheated o f th e i r sightseeing. Doubtless many . wil l be surprised t o read this announcement of their disappointme n t to morrow morning. i a n r d ter t o w i ll, SUICIDE ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.-- On Monday evening an inquest was held by Mr. C. Lewis, at the Greyhound Tavern, Lea-bridge-road , on view of the body of William Beard, aged 42, in the employment of the Go vernment small gun factory. Enfield-lock, who committed suicide on the Eastern Counties Railway. The. deceased, who lived at Enfield with his family, had for some time past exhibited an aberration of his mental faculties. He left his home on Thursday last. On Saturday morning he was ob served walking in Ley ton marshes, near the Eastern Coun ties line,,when, on the 8 A.M. express train to Hertford pro ceeding down the line, as it passed the Lea-bridge station, he attempted to go on the line. The driver sounded the whistle, upon which he started back, but when it got closer to him, he deliberately placed his head before the near wheel of the engine, by which it, was immediately severed from his body. The train was promptly stopped, upon which the lifeless body of the deceased was taken to the Greyhound. Verdict —" Temporary insanity." IRON SHIP JOHN GARROW.-1118 well-known vessel, the largest iron sailing ship afloat, which was built in the early part of the year 1840, and has since been employed on foreign voyages in tropical climates, supposed to be pre judicial to iron sips, has, during the last week, been care fully examined in the graving - dock. Several holes h ave been bored in her, and tho thi c kness of the pl ates taken, but the closrst examination no perceptible loss can b e aseer rfoerptayir or for fi uitained. It is clear, that such vessels, with c are, may last s fty a y ny ea y m ea a rs. nd_, L w i h vero en wieslltabnucgtr,dineed require no SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THB MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.-1f any doubt has ever been entertained of the strong adherence of the great bulk of the French nation to monarchial principles, that doubt would be dispelled by the enthusiasm with which all classes of the provincial population have thrown themselves upon the track of Louis Napoleon, and have identified his person with all that they desire and respect in their Government. The addresses which have been heaped upon the chief actor in these remarkable scenes, the language of adulation applied to his services, and even the titles not very correctly given to his rank, may lose much of their effect when we remember how lately the same epithets and the same assurances of loyal devotion were bestowed upon a race which was exiled on the morrow by a popular convulsion, and who bad in their day strutted and speechified in the same altitudes and array as half a dozen preceding rulers of France. But though the object is perpetually changing, and it would be a gross abuse of personal vanity to set any store on these festival engagements between the Government and the people, yet the tendency to repeat these cere monies, and to pay this homage to the personal repre sentative of the State for the time being, is as constant and inveterate as any characteristic of the French people. In fact, this sort of hero- xorship is carried to such an extent in France that as much in cense will be burnt before the sham divinity of the hour as' if he were the lawful occupant of a throne and the legitimate descendant of a hundred kings. That idea of hereditary right which is the foundation of monarchy in its proper sense is faint in one per tion of the French people, and absolutely repugnant to another portion. But the habit of saluting the possessor of supreme power with the language of courtiers and the servility of a dependent nation is common to almost all parties, and they continue to flatter after they have ceased to believe. With this disposition in the French nation, which 60 years of revolution and a rapid succession of unsettled govern ments have not eradicated, it is a misfortune that these convulsions should have left the country as hostile as it undoubtedly is to the race of Princes who were for many ages the object of this defe rence. It is to be regretted that a people so anxious to preserve the forms of monarchy, and which has made two abortive attempts to found a Republi can Government, should have quarrelled beyond all present hope of reconciliation with its own family of Monarchs ; for the maintenance of re spectful and affectionate relations between the Sove reign and the people is essential to the performance of their mutual relations and the protection of their common interests. But the clearest result of the whole revolutionary era of France down to the pre sent time is, that the Bourbons are so distasteful to the prejudices and feelings of the people, that no per sonal merits or services of the Princes of that family can atone for their birth, and they have four times fallen from the throne, though not, except in 1830, by any direct provocation of their own. The politi cal circles of Paris, or certain benches in the National Assembly, may contemplate the possibility of another Bourbon restoration by the will of the people, and may even be occupied with the means of bringing such a change about; but in the mass of the commu nity these undertakings awaken no response, and if they ever prove successful, the nation will submit to the change, but without taking any real part in it. They had almost as soon endure the Republic itself. These circumstances are, of course, pecu liarly favourable to the ascendancy of Louis Napo leon. He has just enough of hereditary claim in his character of nephew of the Emperor to raise him above all private competitors for the highest dignity in the state; but as he can put forward no absolute right, he is content to hold whatever he en • joys by the flattering tenure of popular suffrage. He combines some of the attractions of elective sove reignty with some of the prerogatives of traditional and imputed rank and greatness. He has the merit in the eyes of the French populace of being called a Prince though not a Bourbon, and of being Head of the Republic though not a Republican; and he has shown considerable judgment and dexterity in avail ing himself of this peculiarity of his position. It is evident on his present excursion that the appellations commonly reserved to royalty fell with no unwel come sound upon his ear, and no allusion to the stability of the Republic was allowed to pass his lips. Everything in his speeches and declarations, especially in his remarkable and well-prepared harangue at Lyons, was made to consist in the omnipotence of the people and in his own rights as their first repre sentative. The other servants of the state are chosen by parts or districts of France, he by the whole. No doubt an elective sovereignty so sup ported by a man not altogether unworthy of the popular choice or unfaithful to his trust may have a degree of personal éclat which does not often attach itself to an hereditary king. But it is exempt from none of the evils which reason and expe rience have shown to be invariably attached to elec tive monarchies. Their condition is habitual anarchy with occasional lucid intervals of successful authority ; but the greater this success may have been during the life of a good prince, the greater is the gloom and the danger which follows his removal, Every demise of the Crown becomes a revolution, until at last the army decides what is commonly beyond the strength of a divided and exhausted people. If by Any sudden calamity Louis Napoleon were removed from the po sition he fills in the world, even though he is not a Sovereign but the Head of a so-called Republic, it is impossible to foresee or even to speculate on the result, except that all France would acknowledge the de plorable instability of institutions which fail to provide Against the precarious condition of human Ifs. Such events may be dealt with by the republican constitu tion of the United States, where government is a matter of business; but no provision can be made for them by such means in France, where government is in great part a matter of sentiment, of display, and, so to speak, of patronage. Above all, the intense jealousies which are injuriously felt in the United States, but which imperiously sway the more volatile political society of France, would absolutely prevent the fair choice of any man to govern the country who should not be marked out beforehand by birth or con nexionjrom the herd of competitors. One of the chief practical services which the institution of royalty renders to civilised nations, and especially to free states, is that it places the largest stake in the coun try, and that on which the peace of society depends, beyond the reach of vulgar ambitions, and provides a head for the nation without ;the least humiliation to the dignity of a subject. In this respect Louis Napo leon has in his name and descent some of the ad vantages of a royal person ; and, though they are in truth supposititous, the end is answered if they are recognised by the French people. The world may become indifferent to mere titular distinctions and the externals of Majesty, but the substance of these questions remains the same, for it lies at the foundation of society, or beyond that, in the depths of human nature. The occurrences now passing before our eyes in France are no more than repetitions of that desire of permanence, of order, and of authority, which is the safeguard of all interests and the basis of all laws. Louis Napoleon is at this moment the most suitable—we might say the only practicable —repre sentative of these principles. He is doing what he can, not only to win but to deserve the confidence and gratitude of the people. He alone in France is doing exactly what suits himself and what suits the nation ; and we conclude that he has an increasing chance of retaining and augmenting a power which others are scarcely leas eager to confer upon him than he is to accept. DAILY NEWS.—The struggle between civil and ecclesiastical authority, of which Piedmont is at present the scene, is not a little remarkable. The question at issue is, indeed, not new ; nor are the in fluences invoked on either side, now for the first time pressed into the conflict. The quarrel is, in fact, as old as the claims of Rome to the suzerainty of Christendom, and the spirit of resistance which those claims have naturally provoked in all governments conscious of power, independence, or dignity. In ithe kingdom of Sardinia the privileges of the clergy were, previous to the late popular changes, defined by the terms of a concordat made many years ago I be tvieen the papal court and the late king. A modern recognition was thereby given, to the clericaV ex eniptions from temporal jurisdictions, which, thoiigh obsolete in almost every other Catholic country, : lstill lingered in the dominions of the house of Savoy. !Not only ecclesiastical persons, but all suits ::land causes in which matter was alleged to fall within the scope of ecclesiastical surveillance, were liable to be thus withdrawn from the , cognisance of the civil courts, and to ,be placed at;; the, absolute disposal of clerical tribunals. The right uncontravened, its exercise varied according to' cir cumstances. While Charles Albert slept in Austria's bosom, his police saved the priesthood much of trou ble. The press needed no judicial criticism when its wings were kept closely cut by the primitive shears of the censorship; and when Ministerial responsibility to representative control was as yet unfelt, all ques tions of intellectual or political licence were nipped quietly in the bud. Charles Albert woke, however, one morning, and, with what sincerity of purpose we stop not here to ask, proclaimed his readiness tp set his subjects free. Administrati v e reforms, whiah in other states preluded the change of political institu tions, in Sardinia were deferred until the latter had been to a certain extent completed. War for a time engrossed the national mind, and still further delayed the most practical and useful portion of the resiplu lion thus begun. At length peace was restored; and the new monarch, with his new representative system, set about remodelling and popularising the civil and criminal judicatures of the realm. Whereupon the Church, or rather the higher cle,rgy, aided by certain of the monastic orders, solemnly in terposed their antiquated pretensions, and set risp a iclaim indefeasible and sacred, to judge and be judged in all matters whatsoever where, in their opinion; the interestes of religion might be a ffected, by ecclesinsti- cal tribunals. Long discussions and angry contro• versies ensued—the king, the chambers, the press, and the laity of all ranks, being of one mind and of one soul in declaring that the obsolete system of priestly and irresponsible courts must cease, and that perfect and entire equality should be established be fore the law. The bishops and the jesuits, true to their ancient maxims, resolved to concede nothing. The clerical jurisdictions were finally abolished ; and a trivial matter soon afterwards arising in which the abrogated authority was illegally attempted to be set up, under the mandate of Franzoni, the Archbishop of Turin, the prelate was summoned to appear before the civil court. The summons was treated with dis dainful neglect, and the court was obliged to compel the archbishop's attendance. But no persuasion or admonition could extract from him an answer to any interrogatory or acknowledgment of the authority of the tribunal. Judgment was suffered to go by de fault, and as the most lenient penalty by which the judges deemed it possible to vindicate the law, M. Franzoni was sentenced to imprisonment for four teen day,. But the contumacy of the churchman was n')t quelled. The term of his captivity ended, a fierce crusade against the sacrilegious innovators was forthwith commenced. Every pulpit re-echoed the denunciations of the unhumbled prelate. The inter ference of Austria and the interdict of the Vatican were vehemently invoked ; and the forbearance of the people was vainly suppossed to indicate a change or sentiment, and a repentant reaction in favour of priestly domination. Suddenly N. de Santa 11, , )5a, one of the Ministers by whom the contested changes had been inNated and carried in the Legislature, was taken dangerously ill. In a few days his case was pronounced hopeless, and the usual request was made to the ministering clergy of San Carlo, the parish in which he dwelt, that the last rites of the Church should be administered. The Pere Servite thus summoned declared that he was unable to comply, having received orders forbidding him to do so from M. Franzoni, unless a full confession of penitence for his acts performed as a minister were first made known. The dying man refused to quit the world with a falsehood on his lips, and told the terror-stricken priest that "he knew how to re concile his duty to his country with his duty unto God." Earnest remonstrances were made by the other members of the Cabinet with the archbishop, but without effect. Multitudes assembled in silence around the dwelling where the unshriven minister la y . After some hours of suspense it wa s announce d that he was no more. A terrible murmur rose amidst the throng; and as they separated, such vows against clerical into erance, usurpation, and cruelty were heard, as will not be soon forgotton. A new source of popular exasperation was soon added. 1%1. Franzoni's vengeance was still unquenched. Therites of Christian burial had likewise been forbidden. The fury of the populace became ungovernable. They rushed in thousands to the convent of the Peres Servites, and threateningly demanded the perform ance of the customary service for the dead. The monks had fled, but the excitement had become so great as to overpower all ordinary sense of obligation, and a priest was found will ing: to perform the offices of sepulture. The ceremonial was attended by the whole of the civil functionaries, the army and national guard, and vast multitudes of all classes of the people. On the following day the archbishop was called upon by the Government to resign his see, and upon his refusal was sent under an escort to a distant fortress. The monks who had been the instruments of his tyranny were banished from Turin, and it was supposed that the Jesuits would be expelled i❑ like manner. Hardly had these events taken place than the replies long ex pected from Vienna and Rome became known. Car dinal Antonelli, on behalf of the Church, adjures the Government of Sardinia to retrace their reforming steps, and declares broadly that no state has a right to alter its domestic institutions, so far as education or worship is concerned, without the previous assent of the Holy See. And the Austrian Cabinet demands, by way of set off to the measures adopted by the Sardinian Government against M. Franzoni, that the editor of the Opinione, a moderate constitutional paper, should be expelled from Piedmont. Is it pos sible to conceive how any enemy to the Catholic Church could have suggested a series of measures more calculated to injure and undermine its influence than those which we have thus enu merated ? DRURY•LANE THEATRE. Yesterday the annual general meeting of the pro prietors of Drury-lane Theatre was held in the saloon of the house for the purpose of presenting the yearly report and electing six directors. B. B. Cabbell, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The following report of the general committee was read : The report of the committee, in August last, an nounced to the assembly their gratification at having succeeded in leasing the theatre for a considerable por tion of the year fur dramatic performances. Beyond a most earnest desire fur the success of the lessee, in his endeavours to carry out the object of restoring the drama to Drury-lane Theatre, it does not come within the pro vince of the committee to enter into uny detail of the re sults of the enterprise; but they assume, from the circum• stance of Ali% Anderson resolving to continue his lease, that he has no fears or despondency of the ultimate re sult being a successful one. The lease granted to Mr. Anderson has three years-to rue, ending in June, 1853, his term extending from December to June in each year, whilst that granted to Messrs. Jullien and Gyo for the ether portion of the year, viz,, from June to Decem ber, for their operatic and musical performances, will expire at Christmas, 1853. The committee have the satisfaction to state that by the returns from the several departments, the value of the properties, &c., in working the theatre from December last has been maintained, and, in some instances, considerably improved, and that the rent has been punctually discharged by the respec tive lessees, totally irrespective of their deposits made and now lying at the bankers' of the committee for se curing the due performance of the covenants. In refer ence to the report of last year, the committee therein ventured to anticipate the patronage of her Majesty in support of the cause of the drama, which was most gra ciously conceded by the occupation by her Majesty of her private box. In calling the attention of this meeting to the statement of accounts now laid before them, which have been regularly audited by John Savory, Esq., the cash account exhibits a receipt of 4.5921. 45., including a balance from the previous season of 501. 12s. 3d. ; whilst the payment of current ex penses has amounted to 4,2991. 14s. 11d., leaving a cash balance at the bankers of 2921. 9s. ld., to be applied in part payment of the expenses of the current quarter. The bond debt remains as stated at the last general as sembly, with the addition of another year's interest, amounting altogether to 7,6401. ss. 2d. The renters, trustees, have received their payment of 5/. per night for each performance, amounting to 6701., agreeably to the arrangement entered into with the committee in the year 1841. The Duke of Bedford has received during the year five quarters' ground-rent, amounti❑g to 1,6861. 10s. 10d., thereby reducing the debt to his Grace by the payment of 3371. 6s. 2d. as compared with the amount mentioned in the last annual report. The com mittee have, Irons time to time, pointed out in their several reports to the assembly of proprietors the neces sity of substantial repairs to the roof cf the theatre, the copper of which was laid down nearly forty years ago, and had by a process of time become exceedingly de fective, notwithstanding the outlay annually expended on it, and the committee have now the pleasure of report ing that under the recommendation of their architect, they have entered into a contract with a respectable party by which, at a stipulated sum to be paid quarterly during seven years, commencing on the 25th of March last, the roofs will be kept in continued repair, and within such term of seven years the entire roof will be relaid with lead of a proper weight, under, the superin tendence, and subject to the approbation of the architect of the company." . Mr. CRAWCOUR moved the adoption of the report, which was agreed to. In reply to a PROPRIETOR, The CHAIRMAN stated that Mr. Anderson was responsible for .5-7tha of the rent, mid M. Jullien for 2-7ths. The outgoing directors were re-appointed, who nominated the sub-committee, of which the Earl of Glengall was named chairman. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings, The Gloucester Festival will commence on the 10th of September. The special patronage of the Queen has been accorded. The president is the Duke of Beaufort, and the pre , idents the Earl of Fitzhardi uge, Earl Somers, and ICC- Lord Lyttelton. Tuß OLD WESTERN DRAMATICS.—This amateur company had a field night last evening at the Dramatic In stitution, Gough-street, Gray's Inn -road. The performances consisted of The R oa d to Rain, Th e U n fi nished Gentleman, and The Vicar of Ilzakefield (Strand version). The whole went off with great eclat. DUBLIN, AUG. 20 .—Cootes, the pedestrian, success fully completed, yesterday evening, an extraordinary match against time which he had undertaken, namely, to walk a thousand half miles in a thousand half hours. The wager for which he undertook this arduous feat was only 50/., but it is expected that that sum will be considerably increased b" subscriptions. Some days since lie appeared in so ex hausted a state that his backers scarcely expected they would be able to keep him up to the task, but as the con clusion approached he recovered strength and courage. TREASURE • TROVE.—A singular discovery was made last week, by some excavators who were employed in forming a new sewer from Orchard-street and Strutton ground, Westminster. They came across a cesspool which had been closed for many years, and there dug up a jar con taining a considerable sum of money. A scramble took place, and it therefore, impossible to say what the amount was. It is remembered by some of the old inhabitants that between 40 and bo years ago a large sum was stolen from a public-house in - Ann-street, near at h an d, an d there was a hot pursuit, thcfre is reason to believe that the plunder was secreted on the spot where the present discovery was made. TuE RULING PASSION STRONG IN DEATH.— Died, a short time since, at Legbourne, aged 96, John Swill ' dale. The dec4ased had irons early life been accustomed to cock-fighting, &c., and this ruling passion was strong in him to his death, for he desired that a battle might be fought upon his coilti-lid previously to his being deposited in his resting-place. On Monday a mill-boiler exploded at Oldham, by which the boilermaker was killed and two of his men severely scalded. The mill had been stopped for repairs, and 19 M 2 AtelY Quo was no one ob. on &kg Pry BIRTHS and DEATHS in LONDON. The following is the weekly return Published by authority of the Registrir-General, for the week ending Saturday, August 17 : The mortality is decreasing in London. The 864 deaths last week were less by 136 than the deaths in the previous week, and to nearly the same extent less than the average of the ten corresponding weeks, 1840-9, if registered.we exud e In e week of 8 the s same e l se 4 a 9, so n last when 2,230 year the deaths we re danger o of dying in London was twice as great as it is now; and the epidemics of cholera and its inseparable attend ant diarrheas, which destroyed 1,230 and 188, were fatal last week only to 8 and to 139 lives. Six of those who died of cholera were children, one was a dirty labourer of the age of 41, who lay about in stables; and one was a widow of the age of 73, who refused to take nutritious diet. Of the 139 persons who died of diarrhoea, 113 were children under 15 years of age, S were adults, and 13 were aged persons. Looking at the numbers as well as the details of the cases of cholera returned, and at the advanced period of this )ear—Eo many weeks after the epidemic brae our, lac t only in 1832 and 1849, but in 1833—it must be admitted that the chance of an outhrell: in the prevent year is considerably diminished. The immu nity from attack will no doubt accelerate the great works which are now in contemplation for the drainage and purification of London; for it cannot be forgotten that that unseen power of the air which slew so many thousands last year may return and put the sanitary defences of the city to a second and severer proof, when the population is more scantily supplied with vegetables, fruit, bread, and the other means of living. The following are the particulars of the eight cholera On the 10th of August, at 3, Hunt-street, Lambeth, the daughter of a Waterman, aged 4 months, "vomiting hypercathaisis, cholera." Mr. G. Wood, the deputy registrar, states that "the parents of the child occupied a :mall house, under which runs a most offensive drain; the former occupiers of this house left in consequence of the stench arising therefrom." On the 6th of August, at 3, Dorset-street, liatcliff, the son of a labourer, aged 7 months, "cholera (26 hours)." On the 10th of Aug., IA 2, Swan-court, Glass-house -street, Whitechapel, the son of a labourer, aged 8 months, " Asiatic cholera (24 hours)." On the 12th of August, at tho workhouse, Kingaland-road, brought from a stable in tbe Eagle wharf-road on the 10th, a labourer, aged 41 years, English cholera (2 days)." Mr. N. Bowring, the registrar, states that " this man had not been in a bed for the last six months; he lay about in stables, but more commonly on the dust-heap in a yard, and when brought to the workhouse was in a most filthy condition." On the 10th of August, at 12, Cock-court, St. James's, Clerkenwell, the son of a com positor, aged 3 years. " Gastro-enteritis (6 days), cho lera (26 hours)." On the 15th of August, at 31, Mar shall-street, Golden-square, the daughter of a clicker, aged 8 months, "cholera (24 hears)." On the 10th of I August, at 30, Vauxhall-bridge -road, the daughter of a labourer, aged 1 year, "dentition, diarrban (2 days), cholera (15 hours)." On the 13th of August, at 3, Cross-street, Chelsea, the widow of a domestic servant, aged 73 years, " cholera (3 days), exhaustion from refusing sufficient nourishment (l day)." Mr. W. Clifford Smitb, the registrar, states that " this person was recovering from cholera, but remained low and weak, and refusing to take nutritious diet died from exhaustion." It is worthy of note that the decline in the general mortality has taken place on the north side of the river Themes, and that it is observed in both sexes and in all ages under the age of 60. The mean temperature of the air in the shade was 62.6 dcg. ; the temperature of the Thames water was 66'2 deg. in the day, 62 . 8 deg. in the night. The tem perature of the air was 1.2 deg. above the average of the curre:ponding week. Electricity was active, and nearly an inch of rain fell, chiefly o❑ Monday. The wind passed over Greenwich at an average rate cf less than 100 miles Tile following selections are made from the Registrar's reports:— In St. James, Westminster, sub-district, at 9, St. Al ban'.,-place, Pall-mall, a gentleman, aged 57 years, died of "neglected diarrhoea of uncertain duration." The de ceased, iusiead of applying fur medical advice, when first seized, made use of prescriptions he had by him. Medical aid was called in when too late. In Camden-town, sub-district, at 4, Skinner's-place. the daughter of a brassfounder, aged 22 months, died of diaracea (9 days), convulsions (12 hours)." The spot is ill-cleansed, crowded, and near to stables and slaughter houses. Iu Islington East sub-district, at -- Fort-street, Highbury vale, the daughter of a gardener, aged 9 monlhs, died of "diarrhoea." Mr. Butterfield, the re gistrar, states that " an open sewerruns near the house." At 10, Sidney-place, City-road, a pensioner from the Royal Navy, aged 55 years, died of " pleuritis (10 days), terminating in the typhoid state (8 days)." "A close and confined place." In St. George, Bloomsbury, sub-district, at 19, Chapel. street, Little Coram-street, the daughter of a cab driver, aged 2 years, died of " scarlatina (4 days)." No medi cal attendant. The ri gistrar states that " the deceased child was taken on the Bth ult. to the Free Hospital, where some fever draughts and powder were given; to further notice Ras taken of the case till Sunday, when she was teken to a surgeon in the neighbourhood, who prescribed, but not seeing her again, did not feel justified in certi , ying the cause of death." In St. Andrew, Eastern Holborn, sub-district, at 2, Fox place, Fox -court, a widow, aged 44 years, died of continued lever 25 days, pneumonia bronchitis, 5 days. Mr. Holmes the registrar states, " that Fox place is close end confined, occupied by people ef the lower order. The drainage seems good." Also, at 7, Fleet-row, Eyre street- hill, the son or a labourer, aged 3 months, died of Oiarassa." No m e di ca l attendant. Fleet-row is op posite Fleet-ditch, which is now nearly all covered in. Drainage good. In Sr. Botolph, sub-district of East London, at 12, Priuce'A-street, Sparrow-corner, Aldgstr, the widow of a butcher, aged 73 years, died of " chronic diarrhoea." The medical attendant reports, " that the deceased suf fered from cholera in 1849, of which disease her hus band died. The street is crowded and generally un healthy." _ _ At 5, Hutchinson-avenue, Aldgate, the daughter of a labourer, aged 1 year, died of "tubes mesenterica, diar rhoea." Mr. Spencer, the registrar states, " The house is situate at the end of the avenue against a high wall. There are six small rooms in the house, each let out to separate families. The informant states that there are about 30 or 40 persons residing therein.. A child died of choleraic diarrlices in the same house, which was re ported iu last week's return. Another child is not likely to live. The whole of the places and neighbourhood adjoining are very crowded and frequently reported as unhealthy." Iu St. James, Bermondsey, sub-district, at 1, James'- court, the son of a labourer, aged 18 months, died of " hooping-cough (5 months), pneumonia, sloughing from blister (3 weeks)." Mr. Alartin, the registrar, states that " this child lived on Jacob's Island, near to the scarlatina cases reported last week. He attributes its death to the cuncentlated poiso❑ existing in the court." In St. I'aul St. George-in-the-East sub-district, at 22, Star-stree', a fish dealer, aged 62, died of "apoplexy (12 minutes, first attack.)" (Not certified.) The deceased was teen by a medical man and medicine administered, but a certificate was refused; his brother fell dead in a fit two months before. SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE THAMES.-At a late hour last night, a very serious collision occurred between a steamer and a barge, when both were just off Blackwell Pier, and by which it is feared there will be loss of life. It ap pears that the Vesper steamer was on her way about eleven o'clock from Gravesend to London, and was nearing the Blackwell Pier, when the captain descried a large dummy barge, laden with coals, bearing in between the steamer and the pier. He ordered the steamer to be backed, but before the engines were reversed, the barge, with a strong tide, came in upon her, and completely took away the bows of the steamer. Numbers were dashed to the deck as if they bad been shot, and one lady was so fearfully cut about the head and temples, that on reaching Blackwell Pier she was imme diately conveyed to a surgeon's. Her state was ♦ery serious. It was the opinion of every one present that no blame was attached to the captain. TUE ARUNDEL SOCIETT.—This society was lately established for the praiseworthy object of preserving re cords of works of art, which, though of high value, would never be presented to the world through the medium of the press, except under the fostering influence of an association of this nature. The works of art to which this society directs its attention, with the view of publication, are of two classes. The first is literary, and the second consist of en gravings from important examples of architecture, sculp ture, painting, and ornamental design. The society's first publication, which is now before us, reflects credit on the spirit and discernment of its members, and constitutes a feli citous commencement of its career. It is an engraving in the first style of the celebrated fresco of Fra Angelico, in the chapel of Nicholas V., in the Vatican. The subject is " St. Lawrence distributing alms." It is engraved by Gruner, from a very care ul drawing by Tanner. This print, with a copy of the lite of the painter, translated by Bezzi, front Vasari, is now in course of distribution to the members of the society. THE REPRESENTATION OF CAMBRIDGE UNIYER." ITY.—A correspondent writes :—" Sundry paragraphs have been going the round of the press' in relation to the above, but it may be stated in relation thereto that they are all equally without foundation. There is not the remotest pro bability that either Lord Fielding or Mr. Lefevre will be candidates; the latter, it is well known, was only placed in his position on the poll at the last election by ,a coalf.ion with Mr. Goulburn, or rather, perhaps, by the exchange of split votes with the latter, and, iu addition, has since accepted an office which disqualifies him. The writer has good authority for stating that Lord Fielding has positively declined, as has also the Marquis of Granby, who was solicited by some of the few resident members of the senate On Lord Fielding declining, a deputation was sent to the Noble Marquis, who is visiting in Derbyshire with the Duke of Rutland and Lord Stanley, but with the like result, and the matter has now been allowed to rest until other influential parties now enjoy ing the vacation return to.Cambridge,and until:that time all must necessarily be mere surmise." MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, AUG. 20.—The sudden change in the Cotton Market at Liverpool has caused a corresponding change here. Business seems quite pare lvzed, and buyers and sellet a seem by mutual consent to de cline operating. LOCH LEVEN.—It is stated as a remarkable fact, century.th t w l at h e e r island c h e L n e b v e e n reachedhas d half . a , COVENTRY AND NUNEA.TON RAILWAY.—The LOTI f d o o r n o p a e i n i gN of f r tthh-ilsfil line tee ofr n a C b o o n u ir f a i f n t 3 e • e a n n n m o i u i e n s c , e c o t i h n e m ereadiness for opening of this line of about fifteen ndle.s, commencing at Coventry on the London and North-Western, and terminat ing in junction with the Trent Valley at Nuneaton. THE ORKNEY MAILS.—Mr. Anderson, M.P., has been to Thurso. Tho object of his visit was to cDnnnunicate wish Captain Otter, of her Majesty's steamer Comet, relative to a report which he has been requested by the Admiralty to make to them, as to the best arrangements for a steam packet communication for the Orkney mails across the Pent land Frith. SDAY EVENINGr x AUGUST 21, 1850.