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WARW ICK SEPTEMB _ _ _ & o ER MEETINU, • TO THE EDITOR OF THE r,EIR,--It is not expected:that the field for the Warvv;cl; v'aP t omorrow will consist of more than three or four, PiplntiblY Cariboo, one of Lord Exeter'e, The Black e 'ar, and Leap-year; CARinoo with Nat up no doubt the winner. The result or the County Stakes Sends sable so Much on the running to-day siu.e t o • decided • • even now ; Catalpa , 0... give a opinion that it is impos- T h r tef, and Windhound, however, are strongly fancied. 10 Borough Handicap seemingly is booked for the r"448114 FILLY or DECEITFUL; the Touchstone colt Truth will probably be the next pair. The Avon . 87•Gr t akeS Will attract to toe post four or five runners, v)z.. ey T omoi Y, Peppermint, Old Rowley, Diamond,_ IV another; GuEr TOMMY and PEPPERMINT first and second. CATALPA. for the Greet Warwickshire, and l One for the Welter Cup, will be about the mark; only t or two opponents et the outside in either case. S ir !on yiate will, I believe, be contested . by Longinus, , 'bonert, Pulcherrima, Worcester, Tonic, and perhaps 4 ci r or tw3; PULCHERRIM A or LoNoiNus the win itir,s, withi Worcester and Sir Robert third and fourth '''' °ElL ting this morning is brisk at the following_ en Prices :--Eoal Stakes (Warwick)-3 to lon L 3 po 11' 3to 1 Nat .Anioroso. Castle Park Stokes— t ot e t i tt e e r h . /Tat Ithuriel filly, Ibis, and Hirsute; 4 to 1 s an t y o 1 -• atkjearnington Stokes-3 t,) 1 agst Herbert ; Goldfinder ; 6 to 1 each agst Fogleman and i s 4t ailt 10 to 1 agst Grief; 12 to 1 agst Windhound; to 1 a 1 . tibo o . s g b any Other. Warwick Cup—Even on Ca -44 to 1 agst any other. County btakes—r to 1 bOtiolg. et IrnitY, Catalpa and Harp ; 7 to 1 agstdWind g, tom to 1 apt Grief. Avon Stakes-6 to 4 agar , anyy ;2to 1 agst Peppermint ;4to 1 agar tsr her. Great Warwickshire Stakes-6 to on4ther. WeitPa rapt_ 4 agst Istithe ; 3 to 1 agst any T o ._ er Even on Agis ; wn Pla , agst Pal eh . 4,-....4 t 1 agar Tonic ;6to 1 each . 3 to 1 agst any other. o QrrUlla Lobo Btttke. ,•ninus, and 2t o rtiyen on the Merry Bird. Brocklesby Stakes— atilt l aid Pessima. Lincolnshire Handicap-2 to 1 of Masham. s eek 2, 1851. I am, Sir, yours, &e., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. a...............,________ 11°11TING INTELLIGENCE. el to are enabled, et a TATTERSA.LL'S—YEsTEnDAy. teas'alto present current;" from a very moderate extent of hug e, somewhat lengthy ben to are confined to an improvement n a H_ e.. "price i _ el.. %lino to The for the Leamington Stakes, and d a The Ban and Grecian for the St. Leger. 10 to , LRAMINGToN STAKES. 6 7 , to ° lig" Lord Wilton's Herbert—tako 7 to 2 1 agst Mr. Palmer's Goldfinder 9 ' t o o 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fogleman 12 to , 1 agSt Mr. Dawson's The Cocktail 13 to .; ° gat Lord Warwick's Grief 4 (IN Lord J. S cott ' s Windhound Eve n 0 ~.. "WARWICK CUP. 4 t o 1 n mr• Gr ev il le ' s Cariboo agst Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor s to , GREA T YORKSHI RE HANDICAP . 5 to 1 ., ag agat St Mr. P arker's Calculator—taken 6 to i Clark's Clarissa 6 t o 1 agar Mr. Martinson's Nancy Mr. Pedley's Cossack—take 7 to 1 t o r, ST. LEGER. ' agat Lord Enfield's Hernandez—take 3to 1 4 to 1 ~„ , 8 to 1 -64 Sir J. Hawley's The Ban 12 to agst Sir J. Hawley's Aphrodite 12 to 1 agat Mr. Hill's .lan 20 to 1 NM Mr. H. Hill's Hothorpe agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—taken 1,1) N t CES AREWITcH STAKES.• ,Clo o tn ° 25 agst Mr. Brown's Haricot—taken 1 . 0 00 — 75 agst to 20 Mr. E. R. Cl ar k' s Cl ar i ssa —t a ken , ttgat Mr. Meikl am ' s C ons t e ll a ti on —t a k e n --,., t o 1 CANtrinthoEnßruE STAKES. •0 t o 1 a g gst st Mr. M art i nson ' s Nancy 40 to ; fi Lord J. Scott's Windhonnd—taken 60 t 0 i a g a Mr. Wiley's Eliza Middleton—taken 1 ,00 0 ' ages t Mr. F u ll er ' s The Swindler—taken n. , DERRY. I v V O to 2A agar Lord Orford's Alcoran—taken 'Ay t ' agst Mr. A. Nichol's Norham—taken ° 1° agst Mr. Halford's Peppermint—taken ...........__ c, AQUATICS. This oRAD WELL REGATTA. we eks te gatta ,„ s ago, , , which was co - 4 of "at pre t 1 brou m gh m t e t h o ce a d de th etee _ Ina ure y was y eate el a e b se ou e t win th o rc tre e_ f Y d ater . la being unfortunately drowned, It tlait t , I nnaed ; b t A der sea 4 atta ch ci u it seems . as t m ho a u n g n h am th e e d re was n a ai , wi t ,, w e to the affair, as a '44 b 4 ' to have Supplied the vacant place occa rNoll Withi n accideut above alluded to, is also su„pa et.ter;,-tirteLuvia the last four or five days, to have found d his bo I ,a t lt t ße ab e e e ' rd li a ehh.ad been engaged conveying ae tip ship off Woolir . , *ch an a t was some ri h :ler, Plaited up, but no tidings can be learned of kit e , te galt a An :1 Waa for a purse of sovereigns . . an i ttl 6 8 , 4b- etteed b • • A5l of the vim , N ew „,;eee tati y the inhabita N.e.,.- we u°ll in five heats, the race extending from t d y, other and oto th e canal—being twice round. 4 V First Heat. _ Blue) 1 R. ha4ey ........................... (Ligh ‘ t . g•1/43'1140n ..... (Stripes) 0 ' arreY ..... . (Purple) 0 T'? "01 1 .. very easily. 4 ' All Second Heat. ~ 1 Alfae,Pn: 0 ' %remands , 4 smart race for some distance. Affred te Third Heat. G, 4ct Si Third (Green) 1 (Purple) 2 11, h rfey .................. I,4uercson, (Stripes) 0 144 tun was info some distance astern. G s v 4 41 0 Fourth Heat. 1 .. ,Y ........................................... 2 ........................................ hWon easily. der e l ake Final Heat. t th e , as the last, Varley takintg t advance. l 'att, ~............_and going a long way to he lead directly Q _ '144"1.1V ADDISOIv'S RA IL WAY tik l'e liter c i a SIGNALS. lij kid night SP the first public trial of Captain Addi x so e n n 's t teled),Withare signals was made upon the North satisfactory. Captain th e Nu l eft !tilt in every tite!pperetwEown by the four o'clock train with all illustration of his 4,, i tit b ut i . n ecessary for the ater,teseed lagenious invention, and d he em for o e ns h tr e at g io o n t to f 4t g, 143 Ewe More than sufficient .ita'llY au, ° t only did he himself succeed inca f lli t n h g e ;ktilte.A.4;ll4yearnt the attention of the guard and o til t t ii a of hi ! but even the mosttimidabalned, withoutinexpe- til t tht ess . '. guests found themselves L.ter", .. difficulty or delay, to communicate with slh... 4aßt 411,:" fer portions of the train, and The design. in nat,`Rible e at ' nzraediate stoppage. T-q express is their - .t - ono i. having but one guard, bOt. ', at 11gu• Instead of r„:,,ititatiolin celaisntance so remote from the the driver that no lOthfaett ee ni , o be made except htlit'ilireelecii,ateec!ir.re.nces,two,—onefortunate i y of we the h en a.v g e i a n h e me . roe t s h t e other, as 44141::f1:1:111titoiod_. signal T il ic e . int . which gives t ' he warningto of 'lite v.. aaries is so situated and at b ta y ch a e n d y to p e e v r e so ry n shtttliettruttt it May be turned on . IN-.l4ttY ti ense at a moment's Roo .agency and volition kiit trmionai ,Without the _notice, yet . withal .of I td 1 ) 4 carp; bei ng. It is placed v . ...a,.. s with which it d ia 14 ' ' 1151.1 ° 'at the other by lititlitlietleY to g 'h immediately connected t it ) .esp os „, , a cot out ; and i t by the manipulation to eksse ar :2 , l e almost except ' b t y- i s a th la e tc r h em , r o e v a a t l ra o i f n t i h n i g s IV ou t 4. :_r , Which . peruntsthe functionary notice ofdanger t . lohr, acei' c i:', 4ol apprise the proper . tb •%arii i vI U has happened or is about to th h e ap tr p a e in , bogla-lltzt4%.' ti,ener its immediate stoppage of . all thas.un intendedio, when w ex a p s e n r e nn ce e s n sa ti r n y g 2 INyae ~,,.".._.Tvas, no delay the 4ln ß 4; 4 ,1 8 at every trial gave b not t i h c e e n of tt t e h r e a i n r e w e zot of taillr4lltill t ‘o ,, l ualph of the design l et 1 1% k butte Which dwellers i y n the . vi a c s in v it i 14 ° 11 4 4 b 4° `‘'? so well. The red placard w ties to il Yth:laylight to the vigilant observer . ; but . a u! vicinity of ht l. Ns a i l ?ettata, when almost a po d siti b 7 a i b ll o u n un t la the 4ki 1 ., 1t .9 of tv,°Wn, there was still less . ou ~ Captain e11:4.0t, tnaetbdeslgn. k I Vlthi -a guard at Woolwich "How could any "Did you see it ?" said f ti Nt i-, 11 two miles of it help seeing it?" replied , t , l . e , et iii ;°„ttPt. A ddison. The pulling of a trigger, dit eetet-.. ao hn,..,.. , - of a gun, let off a ket. ' s loo te.ecicular from that V .ar, el e al), which shrouded a mass of combustible l i t :,, l t ee flelrtl: the result was a bright and brilliant flame, I ? ii` k td, the'lLilea,ian and enduring or at least five minutes. 4, 41 4 ai l i eh 'l4.lnly difficulty seemed . to be in the facility tti . M lik l' u l B signal might be given, and which, it libl4 Wih t Y, would tempt the wanton to experirnen . e s ikt%teirimLTlt Bllffinient cause. But even here it 1 E l tt lia - r i - that Where they are alone in a carriage, the C e t.? - al t t a n e e h Pea al ty of such - a proceeding will imme -144; are scup tO the parties so detected ; whilst where Iviei t Wlll 151. ' . ' t al parsons in the compartment,. either theye t'ti 4 ord bs,-.ev.tent the foolish from attempting this te llici at e 41. . t sr, or, at . least, the knowledge that i k. t nlea l , (I 'lad theca witnesses of their intended '''a -e llr, will produce the same desirable effect. t l , 43 'ate rn il ta th e only objections to the introduction of a C I Polvt)si,, tißnalising which shall give the passenger Cie telt a "„" (,)1 eoo sraunicating with the guard. By e O i ttea' 4 ` 4 g) the one difficulty would appear . to o7 tlt try• - : 41 4 on the other hand, no reasoning is ne- O bi t) he prnve, supposing no such difficulties to . %la Aoe desirability of the system which it is Cep 0 01 '44°4'B intPriiit o to introduce. i - i v 'k Altalt's S/DePos .—Last night fete a grand v ! i li. 1 41 - 4 at the abov e lL b i e ll autifully-laid out grounds, public,whena Per ?ortation was intr d dto the notice cf the .. r ai sed have . o LIU 1 4t 11eta enuine Darkies from the South, whose per I),Ql,l:l43.:b,:cir:rr7;?eee:eirnl. wasr '114., the A I . 11 singers n surpassed. serious situ fcieLlmnie Miew Oth 4t4 other vocal Their burlesque itni- Zk;:ilePer tchesliar at, :Ind imp ' ressed the audience e fi s L excellent, and masters the which really le t h y e a x y s ca w en l sang wit he l jtt , %it% liiiabthiel course of the evening Mr. H. Bell made :4, rtgitailt"iteur;inon this occasion, a oon. The whole of the performances cat gun," ti e aoy ar, w ,_ e perscnal superintenderce of "the gr in _ et . f rof spared no expense 6 'Ile " up, and the redoubtable pro esso 1) 11 t he Pll'anne Art must have felt satisfied with the plea 03' 41, rtril?arted to his friends, and equally so, no doubt, , 04 1 13 ts at the doors. The grounds were crowded. "144 LO Irell'l's SEPT. 1.--The Suffulk Trader, Sunder- Q4cilQn, atruek on Scroby Saud, tend IA leaky. ,_,__ THE SUN, COURT CIRCULAR, BALMORAL, AuG, Her Maji - sty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of 'Wales, Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred, left Holyrood Palace yes terday morning at eight o'clock, and proceeded by railway to Stonebavec, from whence the Royal partv travelled in three carriages-and•four to Balmoral, arriving there at seven o'clock. Her Majesty visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Abergeldie, when passing that place. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were attended by the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Miss Byng, Lord John Russell, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, Sir J. Clark, and Mr. Birch. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. SUNDAY, AUGUCT 31. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert were much afflicted yesterday by the receipt of in telligence that his Royal Highness Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg and Gotha died on the 27th inst. The deceased Prince was the uncle of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the brother of the Duchess of Kent and the King of the Belgians, and the father of the King of Portugal. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Kent, at Abergeldie, soon after the receipt of the mournful intelligence, and dined in private with her Royal Highness, at Abergeldie, in the evening. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of the North American Colonies. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Co lonial Office for the Governors of the West India Islands. THE CHALLENGE MATCH BETWEEN THE AMERICA. AND TITANIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As I consider it of great importance to the in terests of navigation and naval construction that the facts of this case should be accurately known, cud as I have not seen any account of the match that appears to have come from an eye-witness, I have thought it my duty to send you the following notes, made by one of the few who followed the match throughout, for the purpose of eliciting from it practical information regard ing the sailing qualities of the competitors:— The object proposed by the Yacht Club was under stood to have been the determination of the relative values of the English and American forms of yachts in strong winds and a rough sea. For this purpose it was stated that the yachts would not be started unless there should be a strong breeze. There was not, however, so much wind as could have been desired on Thursday morning ; nevertheless, at half-past eight the orders of the Earl of Wilton, the commodore, were sent on board, " that the vessels should be alongside the Xarifa at ten, near the Nab Light," and should start before the wind, to run 20 miles out to sea, rounding a steamer sent out for the pur pose, and then return, beating up against the wind, to the Nab Light. Both vessels had been put into dock previous to the race, and many and curious were the examinations made of their bottoms. They resemble each other under water much morn than would be supposed from their different aspects above. They are both built on the wave-line principle ; they both have great depth of keel ; they have the same difference of draught fore and aft, and they both have the gripe entirely rounded away, or, in other words, the keel rounds up in a quarter circle, nearly into the stem at the water line. .A s the surface of the water their water lines are similar, but the trans , verse sections are very different, the America having wedge bottom, like the vessels of Sir William Symonds, which project out above the water beyond the waterline, while the Titania has the straight up and down side, such as is seen in the vessels of the School of Naval Ar chitecture. Above water the vessels ar© entirely diffe rent. The Titania has the raking stern of English yachts ; the America is cut off close to the sternpoat. At the bow both show the bellow wave-line, but the America carries the hollow up into the harping, while the Titania presents the usual aspect on deck of a sharp. bowed yacht. The main and essential differences, however, between the vessels are their dimensions, tonnage, and cut of the sails. The America is 221 feet beam, the Titania 18; the America has a keel over 90 feet long, and the Ti tania under 70; hence, the America is some 210 tons by our measurement, and the Titania 100 tons. To es timate the value of such difference, we have only to refer to the scale of time for tonnage, to see that in an English yacht race the time allowed for difference of tonnage would be 55 minutes. It was, however, in the cut of the sails that the differ ence between the vessels was most striking to the eye as they got under weigh to start. The general arrange. moue of the sails is not very different, nor the rake of the masts. The Titania's sails, cut by Eversfield, of Gravesend, are of the best English cut, beautifully gored and curved; the America's are simply " fiat as a board;" and, during the race, they remained so I The value of this fact, however the object is effected, is most impor tant, and will appear from the sequel of the match. Both yachts bad arrived at the Nab Light by a quarter-past eleven o'clock, and at 11h. 19m. 15s. the signal gun was fired from the Xarifa, the Blue Peter was hauled down, and both vessels started, the America taking the lead. The course was S.E., and right before the wind, which was a fresh breeze. There was a rolling sea, but by no means heavy. As the wind freshened the Titania gained upon the America, and as it fell the America gained upon her. For half an hour they alternately gained and lost upon each other, and the issue appeared very doubtful until the wind tell a good deal more, when the America gradually gained on her rival, and at last took her station permanently ahead. They rounded the steamer as follows:- 1. America ... 2. Titania ... ... ... at 2h. 3m. Os. ... ... at 2h. 7m. 6a. Difference in favour of America Oh. 4m. 6s. Thus the America gained the first half of the match, running free, by a very small difference; and this foot is very important to naval architecture, as showing that in point of resistance to going through the water, or in adaptation of the forms of the vessels to speed simply, the advantages were nearly equal. The second part of the match, in beating up against the wind, was of a totally different character. It was evident to every qua lified spectator that the America must win. The advan tage obtained by the American cut of the sails was at once evident to the eye. The America was able to steer one point of the compass nearer to the wind than the Titania without the least flutter of her canvass. Al though, therefore, the Titania appeared to hold her own very fairly in point of distance run, and although when the wind freshened she appeared to be gaining in speed over her competitor, yet the distance the America would be able to make good to windward over her adversary on each tack by laying her Course I,li.degrees nearer the wind was such as to put competition beyond a doubt. During the race the-wind freshened and the sea rose, but both yachts carried all their lower sails, without taking in a reef, and both proved themselves wholesome and easy sea vessels. They passed the Nab to the S.E. as follows: 1. America 2. Titania ••• ... at sb. 31m. ••• ... at 611. 22m. Difference in favour of America ... oh. Mm. If from this difference on the whole match we sub tract the difference on the first half we find the America to have gained 46 minutes 54 seconds in beating to windward—a most important advantage, and one which shows clearly how valuable an art the better cutting and management of the sails is for the purpose of giving windwardly qualities to ships. If anything could add strength to the importance of , the practical conclusions which this important experi ment suggests, it is the circumstance that in beating home to Cowes from the Nab Light both vessels either passed or gained upon every other yacht under sail by, a long distance. This fact shows how much may be gained by the study of the forms of two vessels iu some respects so much alike, and in others so dissimilar. The public are certainly indebted to the owners of both yachts for giving them the advantage of so interesting an ex periment. It is much to be desired that advantage should be taken of the experiment to advance the in terests of scientific shipbuilding and of practical seaman ship; and it is for the advancement of those objects that these notes are offered for your acceptance by Your obedient servant, AN EYE-WITNESS, AND A MEMBER OF SEVERAL YACHT CLUBS. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending Aug. 30, 1851 ... £20,058 14 5 Ditto, Aug. 31, 1850 ... 16,605 18 8 Increase in 1851 ... ... £3,452 15 9 London Terminus, Sept. 1, 1851. MORE PURCHASES BY THE NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND Soctory.--This society is making good progress with the work of enfranchisement. It has recently completed the purchases of two other estates —one in Hertfordshire, the other in East Kent. The former is a large one, comprising two hundred acres, situate at Barnet, within ten miles of the metropolis, and in convenient proximity to the Great Northern Railway. The second, the purchase of which was only concluded last Thursday, consists of thirty acres, in the immediate vicinity of that popular watering-place, Margate. This land, which is of an excellent quality, was the pro perty of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P. The former estate will be divided into about one thousand allotments; the latter into one hundred; the whole of which will very speedily be in the possession of the allottees. The directors of the so ciety have recently caused it to be registered by the name of " The National Permanent Mutual Benefit Buildirg So ciety ;" and alterations have been made in the rules, so as to secure to the society those advantages which building so cieties enjoy under the Act permitting their enrolment. TUE NATIONAL GALLERY.—Yesterday notice was issued at the National Gallery, Trafalgar•equare, and at the Vernon Collection, Marlborough House, that they would .be closed to the public on Saturday, the 13th instant, for they vacation. Tiley will be re-opened to the public osr; Monday, the 27th of October. EIV REGULATION AT THE BRITISII MUSEUM.- The doors of the British Museum will be opened daily (ex cept on Saturday) from tea to five during the month. At the end of September the establishment will he closed for a wesk, and then only open on Bionday, Wednesday, and Fri day to lour o'clock: SEWERS.—According to a return of rates made: by the Commissioners of Sewers, it appears that the total rateable annual value of the districts in 1849, was t 2,077,591/.,. and that in 1850 it had risen to 8,791,9571, whilst the cost, of management per annum was, in the former year 20,0051, 75.6 d., and ht the latter 23 , 4651, iBa. 7d. LONDON, AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, SEPT. 1. We have received from New York the following additional intelligence, dated Aug. 20:— " The steam-ship Brother Jonathan arrived off Sandy hook at nine last evening, and reached her wharf at midnight. She left Chagres on the 9th, and Kingston, Jamaica, on the 12th. We understand she was detained on her return trip by a fire which broke out near the boilers on the evening of the 17th inst. The vessel was densely crowded with passengers, and for a time the excitement amongst them was intense. However, in less than an hour the flames were ex tinguished, and quiet was restored. The boilers sus tained so much injury by the fire that but slow pro gress was made thereafter. The passengers award great credit to the Captain and his officers for their promptness and decision during the consternation. " The steam-ship Falcon was at Chagres waiting the mails for New Orleans. " The steam-ship Union, from San Francisco for Panama, with 300 passengers and 200,000 dollars in gold dust, was totally wrecked, the fourth day out, On St. Quinlan's Reef. The passengers and gold (with the exception of 6,000 dollars) were saved. The loss of the ship was the result of carelessness, the man at the wheel being too intoxicated to see where the ship was going. She struck at three A.M., and the passengers were compelled to wait till daylight, the ship every moment growing weaker and weaker, before they could escape, which they finally did in small boats. The Northerner hove in sight, and carried the unfor tunate passengers to Panama. All the freight of the Union was lost. " The steam-ship? Ohio reached Chagres on the 9th ult., with a broken shaft, and one engine so much disabled that she will have to go to Navy-bay and await orders from the owners. Her shaft was broken off Kingston, on the sth ult. She reported having experienced very heavy weatlrr. " Tile Panama Star states, that the steam-ship Northerner arrived at Panama at ten P.M. on the sth alt., with 1,900,000 dolls. in gold•dust, from San Francisco. The dust from the wreck of the steam ship Union, together with her own, and what was in the hands of passengers, would make considerably over 2,000,000 dolls. on board altogether. " The steam-ship Commodore Stockton returned to Panama port, having sprung a leak when about 250 miles on her way to San Francisco. She had 80 pas sengers, who afterwards demanded the return of their passage money; as the demand was not complied with they forced the crew to cease work, and took forcible possession of the vessel. The matter had been laid before the American Consul at Panama, and his protection sought by the commander of the Com modore Stockton. _ _ " The Kingston (Jamaica) papers received contain no general news of interest. Cholera still lingered in the island. The small-pox had broken out in several parts, and the extreme heat of the last fort night, succeeded by heavy showers of rain, had led to the prevalence of an epidemic resembling influenza, attended with fever; and, in consequence, the 13th anniversary of the freedom of the slaves, on the Ist of August, was celebrated with much less spirit than usual." THE GOLD FEVER in AUSTRALIA. We copy the following most important statement from the ,Sydney Morning _Herald of Tuesday, May 20, which professes to take it from the Bathurst Free Fress of Saturday, the 17th : " The discovery of the fact by Mr. Hargraves that the country, from the Mountain Ranges to an lode ginite extenain - the . iaterior, is one immense gold field, `has produced a' trementeus excitement in the town of Bathurst and the surrounding districts. For several days after our last publication the business of the town was utterly paralysed. A complete mental madness appears to have' seized almost every member of the commupitya 'end, as a natural consequence, '.there has been, aniuili*sal rush to the diggings. Any attempt to'ad444llie numberless scenes—grave, 14110ratreica(thich have arisen out of this tate of tlitrigefw'eui4 require the graphic pen of a Dickens ' and yeoUldekteed any limit which could be assigned to` it in a newspaper. Groups of people were to be seen -early. on Monday morning at every corner of the streets, assembled in solemn conclave, debating both possibilities and impossibilities, and eager to pounce upon any human being who was likely to give any information about the diggings. People of all trades, callings, and pursuits were quickly transformed into miners, and many a hand which had been trained to kid gloves, or accustomed to wield nothing heavier than the grey goosequill became nervous to clutch the pick and crowbar or rock the cradle" at our infant mines. The black smiths of the town could not turn off the picks fast enough, and the manufacture of cradles was the second briskest business in the place. A few left town on Monday equipped for the diggings; but on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday the roads to Summer-hill Creek became literally alive with new made miners from every quarter, some armed with picks, others shouldering crowbars or shovels, and not a few strung round with washhand basins, tin pots, and cullenders, garden and agricultural implements of every variety either hung from the saddle-bow or dangled about the persons of the pilgrims to Ophir. Now and then a respectable tradesman, who had just left his bench or ccunter, would heave in sight, with a huge some thing in front of his horse which he called a cradle, and with which he was about to rock himself into fortune. Scores have rushed from their homes, pro vided with a blanket, " a damper," and a pick or grubbing-hoe, full of hope that a day or two's labour would fill their pockets with the precious metal; and we have heard of a great number who have started without any provision but a blanket and some rude implement to dig with. Such is the intensity of the excitement that people appear almost regardless of their present comfort and think of nothing but gold. Of course all this must end in disap pointment. The wet weather of the last two nights, with the damp ground for a bed, and the teeming clouds for a canopy, will do much towards damping the enthusiasm of numbers. We have the authority of an experienced man in stating that from the im perfect and unsuitable implements used by all who have left for the diggings, coupled with their miser able provision in other respects, success is impossible; that the labour necessary to success is extremely severe, and he ventures, as his opinion, that no more than 3 per cent. will become permanent miners. One of the contequerith has been a rapid rise in the price of provisions. Flour, which ranged from 265. to 28s. per 1001b.,•has been sold for 455.; tea, sugar, and almost every other eatable commodity have ad vanced in equal proportion. A large amount of the wheat in the district is in the hands of a few specula , tors, who will maintain their hold in the hope of a golden harvest. But for the very extensive supplies now on their way from Sydney, flour would soon be at a famine price, and should a rush take place from below, as may be reasonably expected, it is to be hoped that there are capitalists enough to adventure in one of the safest speculations of the times—the pur chase of flour for the supply of the district. " What assisted very materially to fan the excite ment into a flame was the arrival of a son of Mr. Neale, the brewer, with a piece of pure metal weigh ing eleven ounces, which was purchased by Mr. Austin for 301., who started to Sydney by the fol lowing day's mail with the gold and the news. Since that an old man arrived in town with several pieces in mass, weighing in all from two to three pounds. He also started to Sydney with his prize. Mr. Ken nedy, the manager of the Bathurst Branch of the Union Bank of Australia, visited the diggings on Saturday last in company with Messrs. Hawkins and Green, and each of these gentlemen picked up a small piece of the pure metal; and a few handfuls of the loose earth from the bed of the creek, which were brought home by Mr. Kennedy from motives of cu riosity, have been since assayed by Mr. Korff, from Sydney, and a piece of gold extracted therefrom of the size of a small pea. Besides these we have not heard of any particular instances of success. " On Wednesday morning last Mr. Hargreaves ac companied by Mr. Stutchbury, the Government geo logist, went to the diggings, and with his own hands washed a pm of earth in his presence, from which 21 grains of fine gold were produced. He afterwards washed several baskets of earth, and produced gold therefrom. Mr. Stutchbury hereupon expressed his satisfaction, and immediately furnished him with credentials, which have since been forwarded to Government. The fact of the existence of gold is therefore clearly established ; and whatever credit or emolument may arise therefrom, Mr. Hargraves is certainly the individual to whom it properly belongs. Should Government deem it necessary, as it most probably will, to appoint an inspector, superintendent, or commissioner, over the gold regions, in addition to the fact of Mr. H argraves b e i ng th e discoverer, his practical acquaintance with mining points him out as the most suitable and worthy person for the appoint ment. " We have very much more to sav, but have not space to say it in. " A Mr. Rudder, an experienced California gold digger, is now at work in the diggings. There are also several magistrates plying their picks and 'cradles most laboriously, but we have not beard with what success. In fact there appears every probability of a complete social revolution in the course- of time. Those who are not already departed are..making pre parWions. Servants of every description are leaving their various employments,. and the pinployerl ar e , per necessitatem, pre paring to follow: But,. notWitb standing all this, we feel that areaction pe eadily take place. The approach of winter apil, :Pot w9ather will do something towards cooling Otti;alAr...4 # the excited multitude." , •• ; A , • . NATIONAL LAND COMPANY DISSOLTING.--Cre. ditors under the order in Chancery for winding up this COM. pally are to come in and prove their debts. EVENING, TUESDAY SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OE THIS DAY. TIMES.—GoId is likely to prove a drug in the market. There has been a fresh discovery of this pre cious metal in New South Wales. Advices recently received from Sydney inform us that gold has been discovered in 1 rge quantities at Bathurst, about 150 miles from that place. It does not appear that the report has been set afloat in any loose and unsatisfac tory manner. The news came with all the confirma- tion it can receive from the fiat of Government in spectors, and the co-operation of magistrates and leading personages in the colony. We are told that such was the credit attached to the rumour upon the spot that people of all callings and denominations had abandoned their usual business, and hurried off to the gold dis tricts of Bathurst. Both sexes, all ages, and all pro fessions, bad becom e con f oun d e d in the universal appetite for gold. The blacksmiths could net furnish picks fast enough to supply the cupidity or eagerness of the adventurers. The gravest personages were to be seen trotting to the ecene of action, their saddle bows laden with domestic implements which might, upon an emergency, be made to serve as mining in struments ; washhand basins, cullenders, tin pots, gar den tools—whatever, in short, came first to band, was converted into a rough machine for turning up the soil, or sifting the sand which might be supposed to contain the precious dust. Whatever of exag geration there may be in the thousand 'amours that were flying about, there can be no doubt as to the impression and feeling in the colony itself. A blanket, a "damper," and a pickaxe were reckoned an ample outfit for the future millionaire. All the usual avocations of the colonists had been entirely deserted in consequence of the universal and all-absorbing thirst for gold. The question naturally arises—what degree of credit can we, living in England, attach to a report which is likely to exercise so important an influence upon the destinies of mankind? We knew even before that the soil of Australia was teeming with mineral treasures of every kind. There is no a priori improbability in such a discovery. On the contrary, we should be led to expect, where other metals were found in so great abundance, that gold and silver formed no exception to the general rule. When we come to look for positive evidence, we find it stated that the son of Mr. Neal, a brewer, had picked up in the Bathurst district a piece of gold weighing eleven ounces, which be bad disposed of for 301. An old man had found several pieces in masses, the united weight of which amounted to two or three pounds. The manager of the Union Bank of Australia—no mean therity, one should suppose—bad met with a success similar in kind, although less in degree. He too had picked' up some fragments of the precious metal, and the few handfuls of loose earth he brought back with him from the scene of action had been pro perly manipulated, and from them a piece of gold had been extracted about the size of a pea. The strongest testimony remains behind. In a case of such import ance we need offer no apology for copying here the exact words of our intelligence :—" On Wednesday morning last Mr. Hargraves, accompanied by Mr. Statchbury, the Government geologist, went to the diggings, and with his own hands washed a pan of earth in his presence, from which 21 grains of fine gold were produced. He afterwards washed several baskets of earth, and produced gold therefrom. Mr. Stutchbury hereupon expressed his satisfaction, and immediately furnished him with credentials, which have since been forwarded to Government." However small the credit we might be disposed to attach to any mere popular impulse, it is undeniable that in the present instance the frenzy of the colonists has not been without some foundation in sober reason. It is all very well for us, sitting here in judgment upon the impulses of our antipodes, to treat such a report as this with suspicion. Let us ask what our own behaviour would have been had the leading geologists in the mother country certified that scarcely below the surface of the Welch mountains lumps of fine gold were to be had at no greater cost of labour than is in volved in scratching the soil, and sifting the surface earth in our eullepders ,and washhand.basins ? Ere a week had elapsed, what would have become of a large percentage from the two and a half million in habitants of London? The wisest and most cautious among us would suddenly have discovered that the mountain ;sir of Wales was peculiarly grateful to the human constitution. Some of us in first-class car riages, some in second —some in no carriages at all— we should tell have made our way to the scene of ac tion, and (radeavoured to make our fortunes at one bold stroke. There is no inherent improbability in the report. It comes is us confirmed by the strongest po sitive testi peony. Australia may yet put California to shame. It is said that from the mountain ranges to an ind efinite extent in the interior the region named is one vast gold field. If the expectations of the discoverers should prove true, and the tract of countrs in the neighbourhood of Bathurst pro duce the expected crop of bullion, the exchanges will ere long be seriously affected, and all the com mercial transactions of mankind respond to the de preciation in the price of gold. We know but of one consideration which might to a certain degree affect the credf eility of the report. For the last sixty years —if we are not mistaken—the tract in question has been wan dared over by the colonists'and their convict servants ; but until the present moment not a syllable has ever been breathed of the neighbourhood of Bathurst r6s a gold producing region. The ignorance of the settlers and their domestics may, however, be accepted a a a sufficient counterpoise against this draw back; awl, in the face of positive testimony, we do not know that it should be permitted to turn the balance. Everything must have a beginning; and it would be .bard to say that the value of the _Mexican or Californian mines has been ushered into notoriety under faiiesr auspices. There is, however, one thing to be guarded against. The discovery of this Austr alien gold field is the commencement of a popular delusion. It must be remembered that under the most favourable ciroumstances a very small portia al of the adventurers will reap fame or fortune :as the result of their enterprise. Almost certain disappointment—if not misery and death — awaits the great bulk of the actual adventurers. As far . as men a speculators are concerned, before this re port shall have assumed a definite commercial shape, we solemnly bid them to remember the experience of their pred,)cessors in the South American mines about a quarter int a century ago. Some few men will make large fortunes—the great bulk of the adventurers will lose their time, and probably their lives, in the pur suit of -a sudden transition of fortune. Mining ope rations pi eneminently require skill. and experience. Without these indispensable qualifications, for ono prize then 3 are ninety.nine. blanks.. ' These warnings apart; it its impossible to regard the discovery of so vast an at count of gold in Australia otherwise than as one of tbe most important events of our time. It would:neern to be established as a law of modern de velopment, that when it becomes necessary that a race or people 'must spread, the soil to which they should be tempted is baited with gold. The impulses that knit men to their native country are powerful, but they cann on resist the glitter of actual gold thrown broadcast upon the surface of the earth. ADVERTISER.—Oar readers, we doubt not, have thein. eyes, and their thoughts just now stead fastly fixe cl on therstate of Matters ire Germany and Italy. T hey wilt"' 4e.figenlong e , be n apaid for their trouble. They ane)r bet ay any ,ela)t e e or any hour. Everythil sg is ripe fur„ se great expfolion. The ma terials are ready in countries for. a tremendous outbreak of'the pent tip' feelkags,.an,At'eUppressed pur poses, of the people. The , Creamane !Tel Italians re sident in this anci. other: fo'reign lanai; do not regard another i neurrecilina as ii,, coßtingeWS :It is es much believed i in. as if it'llad hireaclyettatAsplisee. The ques tion is no longer put to theinselsies, onto others," Will another revolution collie ?" The dole question is— " What ought the people to do when it has occurred ?" This last is a grave question. It is one which ought to be well considered now. It is icfinitely more im portant than the question—How shall we most effec turtly and most expeditiously overthrow the existing despotisert ? The latter work will be done for them. Their ai.d. is not needed. The Pope in Italy, and Austria and Preis sia in Germany, are doing the work in excellent style. Its could not be in better hands. Mazzini and Rouge, and their fellow-labourers in the cause of popu lar progress, are poor revolutionists compared with the Goverrenients of the Pope, of Austria, and of Prus sia. The latter will do more to accelerate the doom of all existing continental tyrannies, in one short hour, than the exiled friends of liberty in Italy and Germany could do in a year. But though matters are so near their consummation in Germany and Italy, that no one need ask himself or his neighbour what they ought to do to hasten the great revolution ary tubs snt, the other question, as to what ought to be done w:een.the coming change has occurred, is one of the most momentous kind, and ought to receive the immediate and best attention of the friends of civil and religious liberty in these unfortunate countries. The character and the worth of the impending revolutions will be entirely dependent on the purposes to which they aro turned, after they have taken place. Last time Vienna and Rome lost the benefits of their revolutions solely because the people of these places had so entirely fixed their thoughts and aspirations on the way in which the desired changes in the governments of their country could be best achieved, that it never occurred to them what they were to do witilihe revolution when they had obtained it, When tha4;ecple of Vienna Mind that 'Metternich h i d vaiiiehed, and the ltotnans learnt that the Pope had escaped from the :Vatican in the habiliments of one of his own iacqueys, they fancied, in the simplicity of their souls, that the work had all been done —that the revolution had been consummated—and that it now, only reinnined for them to reap the fruits of theii: patriotic efforts and sacrifices. Sad experience soorfetold them a different tale. Many months had t hoaTfapsed before they found how much they had deceived themselves. 'What occurred in Vienna and Rome, soon after the successful revolutions in those cities, we need not now describe. It is known to all. SEPTEMBER 2 3 1851 1 It occupies a prominent place in the page of the poli tical history cf the last three years. With the pain ful experi nice of the past so fresh in the memc ries of German and Italian revolutionists, and myriads of their number being still suffering in their own per sons from the effects of the events which succeeded the risings of 1848, it would indeed be strange were the friends of popular progress in Germany and Italy not to weigh well, in time, in anticipation of coming convulsions, what they will do when those convulsions have taken place. We are not in their secrets. The precise course of procedure which they have resolved on adopting is, we presume, known only to the few who in all such cases lead the multitude. But we cannot doubt that they have determined on a definite course, and that all their plans for carrying out their views are perfectly matured. The friends of freedom in Germany, whether in Austria or Prussia, have this reflection to invigorate and sustain them, in whatever course they may have fixed on—that they will not again have to en counter the hostility of those Conservatives who, in 1848, sided with the vanquished monarchs, with the view of preventing the excesses to which they natu rally enough apprehended the triumphant Liberals would carry matters. Men of intelligence and pro perty, both in Austria and Prussia, will now pursue a very different course. The conviction has been forced on them, that German monarchs do not profit from the lessons of experience. And not only so, but that they have no respect for the sacredness of solemn pledges, nor even for the obligations of oaths deliber-, ately taken. The sovereigns of Austria and Prussia came under the most explicit and most solemn pledges, to administer the affairs of their respective countries in consonance with constitutional princi ples. And the Conservative portion of their subjects I thought, that by so far siding with them as to pre vent the excesses to which the Democratic party were disposed to push matters, they would be in suring the permanent peace and prosperity of their country. They believed that their Governments would in future be conducted on constitutional prin ciples. They have been cruelly deceived. They must feel thoroughly convinced, that no faith is to be placed in their Princes. They are a perfidious race. When, therefore, the impending revolution has been accomplished in Germany—in Austria and Prussia both—the Conservatives will not again iden tify themselves with the upholo-1 of the existing dynasties, but will allow matte; 0 to sake their course. They may, and doubtless will, de '.ore the extremes to which Democracy, when it hake again got the upper hand, may carry matters; but they will deem that the least of two evils. Tbey will cherish the hope that any excesses which may attend the earlier days of a new revolution will give way before the more sober reflections even of Democracy ; whereas to re store the existing Governments of Austria and Prussia, even were that possible, would only be to sow the seeds of other revolutions, each proving more terrible than those which preceded it. And with regard to Rome, all we have said with respect to Austria and Prussia applies with equal force to the Roman States. Even in 1848 the Conservatives of Rome could not, by their own efforts, have restored the miserable im becile who fills the Papal chair. It was done by the bayonets of France. France, we may rest satisfied, will not repeat the game of 1848. She heartily re pents of her conduct on that occasion. It only tem porarily served the cause of the Papacy : it has done herself irreparable damage. She will not interpose on behalf of the Roman Pontiff again. When the Pope is got rid of next time, he will be gut rid of finally and for ever. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. Si. ANDREWS. The first, general meeting of this company wi35.1 held recently at St. Andrew's . ; lUr.W. Sinith in the chair. The report stated that the actual sum subscribed for was 17,1301, leaving yet 3,870/. to be subscribed for in order to make up the capital of 21,000/, An amicable settlement with the proprietors of land along the proposed line was now being proceeded with, and the directors fully anticipated that the line would beformed without having one single lawsuit. The CHAIRMAN stated that an agreement had been entered into provisionally with the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway Company to work the lice for a period of twenty-five years, the first charge on the receipts being the maintenance of ways and works, the taxes, salaries, wages, and interest of borrowed money, and other expenses ; the second charge will be 4fr per cent. on the capital of 25,0001. After these two payments the Edinburgh and Dundee Company will receive at the rate of Is. per mile per train for working the traffic, a passenger-train not to exceed five carriages, a mixed train eight carriages, and a mineral train not to exceed ten waggons or trucks, and for any additional number of trucks or carriages a rate proportionally higher to be paid. Any surplus remaining after these payments to be equally divided between the two companies. The business to be conducted under the superintendence of a joint committee. The report was adopted, the directors named in the Act were continued in office, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated. COLCHESTER AND STOUR VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday, at Colchester. ; Mr. T. L. Ewin in the chair. The secretary read the statement of accounts, from which it appeared that 264,7871. had been received on capital account, and 2C1,8601. expended, leaving a balance of 2,9271., of which 1,969/. was lent to the revenue account. The calls in arrear were stated to amount to 13,9231. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the statement of accounts, apologized for not having pre sented anything in the shape of a report. lie assured them that the directors had been endeavouring to bring matters to a settlement. He trusted the share holders would continue their confidence in the direc tors, and rest assured that they would exert themselves to bring everything to a satisfactory conclusion. As they were connected with the Eastern Union Com pany, they were influenced to a certain extent by the proceedings of that company. Their affairs were at present in the hands of a committee, and the state,- ment of the capital account had been transmitted to the Eastern Union Company, in order that the lease of the line might be executed as soon as possible. The motion was seconded and adopted, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Yesterday 2,4651. 10s. was the sum taken at the doors of the building, the number of visitors being 50,233. Singularly enough, the sale of season tickets still continues, and in the diurnal bulletin of receipts 81. 103. figures as realised from that source. The ex pediency of a reduction in the charges of admission is now attracting much attention, end it becomes ob vious that one half-crown day in the week would be sufficient. Some of the authorities still hesitate about the propriety of bringing the price down lower than a shilling under any circumstances ; but when it is considered that a large proportion of the labouring classes in the metropolis have not yet visited the spec tacle which their industry has largely helped to create, it is to be hoped that some arrangements may be made for enabling them to gratify their curiosity in this matter. If the workman could be expected to go alone to the Crystal Palace, the present charge would raise no serious obstacle ; but he naturally wishes to bring his family along with him, that they may share in his delight; and why should he not be indulged in that laudable desire ? At least the ex periment might be tried, and if it does not answer it will be easy to return to the old system. Notwithstanding the short remaining space of time during which the great display is to remain open to the public, additional contributions of great interest and value continue to arrive from abroad. A ship's load from Sweden has just been announced, and will be added to the department of that country in a day or two. Several chef-d'seuvres of art, also, have re cently been received, and among them one of sur passing merit by the celebrated Dutch sculptor, Van der Yen, representing the Temptation of Eve. It is placed in the nave, and attracts an immense amount of attention. The treatment of the subject is bold and original, the form of the first woman being deve loped with a freedom, grace, and life-like effect which cannot be too highly praised. It is rarely that so wonderful a specimen of the plastic art is to be seen in this country, and one of its chief excellences is that in its composition there is no trace of that dis position to borrow from the classic styles of antiquity, instead of relying upon nature, which so often de tracts from the merit of modern sculpture. Mr. Spense, an English artist at Rem; has also lately contributed a statue of Burns' " Highland Mary," which is much and justly admired. The Executive Committee still continue to receive numerous appli cations for admission into the British department of the Exhibition, which, however, they always reject. These are made chiefly with the object of obtaining the advantages of patent right secured to exhibitors fora year. Yesterday morning an interesting series of expe riments took place at the west:end of the building for the purpose of determining the relative merits of Porter's and Rogers' anchors. The trials made were conducted in the presence of Mr. Lindsay, the well-known shipowner, but no satisfactory conclusion was arrived at, and it was armnged that the Ad miralty should be invited to examine and decide upon a question in which the whsle marine of this country is so largely interested.. Both the anchors thus brought into . competition appear to have a decided superiority over that of Sir William Parker, which is the one chiefly used in the navy. They differ, however, materially from each other in the principles of their construction, the patent of Lieu tenant Rogers having its arms and flakes of a wedge-like shape, while in Porter's patent the arms move upon a pivot in such a way that while one holds on the ground the fluke of the other presses upon the shank, thus increasing the power of re sistance. The mean temperature during the day, according to the readings of Bennett's thermometers, was 69 G.—Morning Paper. REMARKABLE PHENOMENON. SHIPSTON.ON STOUR.-It is not a little remarkable that a second crop of wheat, which is now in flower, has sprung up in those fields that were either much injured or entirely destroyed, by the late terrible hail-storm. And even in those fields which were mown after the storm, a second crop has sprung up, and appears likely to be ready for the sickle by the letter end of September. In those cases where the first crop was left standing it is considerable, and the farmers are much puzzled in deciding whether the first crop should be sacri ficed to secure the second, or the second to secure the first, as both cannot be secured. It unfortunately happens, in several cases, after the wheat was mown, either the ground was ploughed, or cattle were turned upon it to eat the springing blade. This was done, of course, in ignorance of the extraordinary compensating power of nature in the vege table world, in the case of injury, or apparent destruction.— Oxford Chronicle. 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The entries and stakes are unparalleled in Scotland for number and value. A large party of nobility are to meet at Eglin ton, exceeding in rank and numbers any who have assem bled here since the world-famed tournament. Among others, his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the Marquis of Waterford, the Marquis of Droglied-i, Lord Strathmore, Lord Airlte. Lord Colville, Lord Care iross, Lord Glasgow, Baron Osten, Sir James Boswell, &c., have horses entered for the various events, and are expected to honour the race course with their pretence. It must be highly gratifying to the sporting circlPs in Scotland to see the energy and ability with which the Eglinton races are cart ied out, showing our friends over the border that, besides sending Szotch horses to win their best stakes, a racecourse and meet can be provided at homo for the gratification of our countrymen rivalling their gayest and most valuable assemblies. There will be six races on the first and second days and five on the third, the latter principally steeplechases.—North British Nail. Ton TEA TRADE, SEPT. I.—There was a falling off,last week•in the London.deliveries of about 41,0001 b., compared with the previous week, the quantity being 575,2681 b. ,This, however, is &full average. DUNDEE AND PERTH AND ABERDEEN JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday at Dundee; Lord Kinnaird in the chair. The report stated that the receipts for the half-year ending July 31, 1851, amounted to 15,1221., and the working expenses and other charges to 6,6761., and the interest upon debentures and other debts to 6,0021., leaving a free available balance of 2,4431. Out of this sum the directors propose to pay the dividend of 5 per cent. upon the preferential quarter shares of the com pany. On a comparison of the receipts of the last half-year with those of the corresponding period of the preceding year, it will be found that there is an increase of 1,3551. ou the last half-year. The revenue from the traffic on tee Newtyle Railway has continued steadily to increase, and there is a surplus of 2901. on the half-year, while the corresponding period of last year showed a deficiency of 521/. The directors have, as authorised by the last general meeting, proceeded with the relaying of the Newtyle line with heavier rails. One half of the line has been relaid, and the other portion is in the course of being contracted for. This alteration was absolutely required from the state of the permanent way, as the rails ori ginally were of very light weight. The directors have every reason to expect a steadily increasing traffic on this line. The Caledonian Railway Company, against whom this company has heavy claims, having introduced an arrangement Bill into Parliament without making special provision for these claims, the directors felt it their imperative duty to oppose the Bill, not certainly with the view of throwing it out, but for the purpose of having pro tective clauses introduced. The directors succeeded so far in this object, although not to the extent of their demands. The passing of the Caledonian Arrangement Bill, and the lessening of the rates of guaranteed dividends, will restore to a solvent position the affairs of that company, and enable them the better to meet the claims of this company. It nose seems absolutely necessary to have the rights of the com pany established in a court of law, and the directors intend to take the requisite steps for this purpose without further delay. The directors have, however, never been averse to an extra judicial adjustment of their claims, as they considered it important to the Caledonian Company, as well as this company, that all such claims should be amicably and promptly settled. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was unanimously agreed to, and the proceedings ter minated. SouTn•EASTBEN RAILWAY.—The number of pas sengers conveyed on this line, to and from the London-bridge terminus, on Saturday, was 1Q555, viz. :-8,350 to London, and 8,205 from London. CHRISTIANA AND COPENHAGEN RAILWAY.—SLIT veys are now in progress for the construction of a line between these points, which will have the effect of bringing St. Petersburgb three days' journey nearer London. OPENING OF THE TONBRIDGE WELLS AND HASTINGS LINE. The larger portion of this railway from Tonbridge Wells to Robertsbridge, a length of 152 miles, was opened to the public yesterday, and the remainder of the line is expected to be opened for public traffic before the end of the present year. The line forms an extension of the Tonbridge Wells branch of the South-Eastern Railway, which commences with a junction with the main line near Tonbridge Town, and terminates in the centre of Tonbridge Wells. The country through which the line passes is suffi ciently known, from its picturesque character, pro duced by lofty and extensive ridges' of hills, which, howeverinteresting to the tourist, were considered by several eminent engineers to render it impracticable to construct a railway to Hastings in the district traversed by the existing main turnpike road, which is the most direct course ; nevertheless the railway as a double line will (we aro informed) be executed fur considerably under 20,000/. per mile, the Parliamen tary estimate of the engineer, Mr. P. W. Barlow, PALS., who originally projected and has executed the work. There is no doubt that bad such a result been con sidered practicable before the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings line was projected, Parliament would, in the first instance, have sanctioned this line as the natural route to Hastings ; and it hi probable th a t t h e Brighton Company's line to Hastings would not have been carried out, and the South-Eastern Company would have possessed, as they always had done, the Hastings traffic without competition. The portion recently opened commences at the Tonbridge Wells station, which lies in. the . centre of the natural amphitheatre or basin in which the town is situated ; and it is, consequently, necessarily ap proached in each direction by a tunnel which passes under the town; the first work we have to notice in the new portion is, therefore, a tunnel which passes under "The Grove," and is 300 yards in length. The line then takes a south-easterly direction, in order to pass the Frant ridge of hills, by the pass at Bell's Yew-green, where a station has been erected for Frant and Bayham Abbey. The line then diverges to the west, and follows the side of a valley or ravine which leads to the Wad burst ridge, and is met by a similar ravine on the op posite side, so that by the selection of this course a tunnel of 1,200 yards is rendered sufficient to pass this extensive ridge. The station for the town of Wadhurst is situate about a quarter of a mile on the north side of Wad hurst tunnel. The line after leaving Wadhurst tunnel, 54 miles from Tonbridge Wells, again takes a south-easterly direction, following the valley of a branch of the river. Bother to the town of Rnbertsbridge ; and passing, in the distance, near the towns of Ticehurst, I3urwash, Etehingham, liawkhurst, Brightling, for which stations have been provided at Witherinden and Etchingham. The station at Robertsbridge is situated conveni niently witbin a quarter of a mile of the town, and 101 miles from the terminus at Hastings. It is deserving of notice that the permanent way of this branch is laid with iron sleeper:, instead of the ordinary wooden sleepers—a system which is now adopted on several railways from its durability and economy, and is likely to come into general use. —Morning Paper. - - --- SUDDEN' DEATU OF A 741 OFFICER Cr THE BRITISH MusEum.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the Museum Tavern, on the body, f Mr. Charles Konig, many years 'keeper of the tninerAlogil department of the British Museum. It appeared t_hat the deceased gentleman who hat attained the . age of 8 . years, was walking ( t own ' iq evening bat, t n , e7l l i l e e a n l evidence d s,u te e li referred lY 'i etll I.' scum-street on . Fndi . y and in a few minutes expired. the stroke to extravasation of blood cu the brain, and a ver dict of Natural Death was returned. GOOD PRICE FOR A SALMON, —Th e splendid salmon which was caught near the mouth of the Deveron on the 11th inst., weighing 54 2 1b5., s d d; rosed of in London at . 2s. 6d. per lb., amounting to 61 13s. 6 - —a sum greater than would purchase at the present time a . good Highland ox.— Barrffsliire Journal. BAIL-ROOM OF IRON FOR BALMORAL. Raving reeired on invitation to view an iren edifice which has bevn erected for his Royal laig,hreis Prince Albert by Messrs. Edward T. Bellisonso and Co., engi neers, of March ster, we proceeded on Friday to the Eagle Foundry, where the structure was to be seen. Be fore giving our readers an account of the edifice itself, we may nodes the gratifying nature of the fact that this order has been given in consequence of a model which was exhibited among the contributions of the firm at the Exposition. We understand that this structure is in tended to be us .d as an addition to the accommodation for entertainments at Balmoral. The principal particu lars of the iron ball-room are as follows:—Length, 60 feet; width, 24 feet; height to eaves, 10 feet; In peak of roof, 17 feet. Cast-iron pilasters, about 10 inches broad, with panelled shaft and foliated capitals, are firmly bolted on a wood foundation, at intervals of about 8 feet apart. Between there, and secured to them, are the side plates, the corrugations running horizontally, and spaces being cut out for the admission of window and door-frames. The bottom plates are secured to cast-iron moulded base-plates fixed to the wood foundations. Upon the top of the side pilasters and:overhangiog them several inches, are the gutters, also of cast iron; these form a neat finish to the sides. The roof is formed of six wrought-iron prin cipals, firmly bolted to the tops of the corresponding pilasters on each side of the house. The roof plates, the corrugations of which run vertically, are bolted to cross-bars of angle iron running between the principals; the bottoms of the plates dip into the gutters and are bolted to them. The ends of the structure are orna mented with barge castings and finials at the peaks. The upper part of the ridge plates has a cast-iron ornament running along which gives a pleasing finish to the roof. A ventilating shaft rises from the centre of the roof, furnished with a flap valve for the emission of heated air. This valve is opened or shut from the interior of the room by means of a rope, which passes over pulleys. The room is lighted by four windows at the front and four at the back, all of which open as French casements. There sire two entrance doors, ore in the centre of the front and one in the end of the edifice. These doors are handsomely moulded and penciled, and are surmounted by castings of the royal arms, which form an appro priate ornament. The general effect of the edifice ex- , ternally is most satisfactory in point of design, and the constructive arrangements are praiseworthy.—Mans cheater Examiner. THREE PERSONS FOUND DROWNED.—Yesterday morning the body of a female respectably attired in dark muslin dress and satin shawl, was found in the Limehouse Cut, Bromley. The body is that of a woman about 30, fair complexion. It was taken to the Moore's Arms, Bow-com mon. The body of a man, about 35, dressed in blue pilot coat, dark vest and trousers, was found in the Thames, off Upper Ground-street, and taken to Christchurch work house, Blackfriars. The body of a genteel young man, about 25, attired in black Oxonian coat, vest, and trousers, was found in the Regent's Canal, Regent's-park, and taken to Marylebone workhouse. Finn AT LEEDS.—A cloth-dressing mill belonging to and occupied by Messrs. James Holroyd and Son, cloth finishers, Carlton-hill, Leeds, was completely destroyed by fire on Friday morning last, together with the machinery it contained. The mill was four stories high and 30 yards long. The fire, which was di scover ed at hall-past one o'clock in the morning, is supposed to have commenced in a small fire-proof building used for drying what are called gig-rods, on which teazles are placed, but the cause which led to it is unascertainecl. The building was insured in the Leeds and Yorkshire-office for 1,6001., but the machinery was not in sured. A fireman named John Coupland was seriously hurt on his head and one of his legs by the falling of part of an outer wall of the mill. SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY.—On Satur day afternoon Mr. Elmy and Mr. Cartwright, officers of inland revenue, proceeded to a house, No. 2, Green Dragon- Limehouse, and succeeded in obtaining an entrance at the back by climbing over a high wall. In the back room they found a private distillery, the still having all the ap. pearance of recent working, with a quantity of utensils, molasses, fermented wash, prepared spirits, &c. The whole of the fittings were on a large scale, and, by keeping the still at full work, it was calculated to defraud the revenue of duty to the amount of 1401. per week. A portion of the flooring had been loosened, which was removed as occasion required, and a hole was dug, into which the waste wash was thrown, to be absorbed by the earth. The still did not appear as if it bad been many months erected. The officers found a little girl in the house, who had evidently been most artfully instructed, for she professed not to know her father's name or her own, nor did she know, she said, that they ever had a name. The still and apparatus were conveyed to the warehouses in Broad-street. PORTSMOUTH ? SUNDAY.—Captain Lord Edward Passel!, of the Vengeance, lost a large sum of money last week, but whether accidently or by robbery is not very clear. His Lordship started from London on Wednesday evening, with bank bills to the amount of 5001., and Bank of England notes to the amount of 1401. He came down via Brighton,'where he stopped some time, and then came on to Portsmouth, and it was not until mid-day on Thursday that he discovered he was minus the bank-notes. The advices from America indicate a rather more satisfactory condition of the money market. A few failures had taken place, but all them were insignificant. The wreck of the steamer Union, four days after leaving San Francisco, with 300,0:0/. in gold, of which only 45,000/. appears to have been saved, will probably cause some loss to the Lon don offices. The Union, be believe, was a small vessel of 560 tons. The course of exchange at New York on London, for bills at 60 days' sight, is 110 per cent., and the par of ' exchange between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.42 per cent. in favour of England; and after making allowance for difference of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves scarcely any profit on the importation of gold from the United States. Sir John H. Maxwell, Bart., R.N., has announced his intention of offering himself as a candidate to represent the borough of liarwich, now vacant. Sir John is a Con servative. We understand that another candidate is forth coming in the Liberal interest, and that the Reformers of Harwich are prepared to give Sir John a warm reception.— Portsmouth Times. THE BRITISH FRIGATE HUSSAR.—A contany who have been long making arrangements to break up the wreck of this vessel, sunk in 75 feet of water about one mile and a half east of Hurl Gate, November 14, 1780, have at length commenced operations. We learn from the Westchester Gazette, that on Wednesday last, the sth inst., the divers commenced work. About eleven o'clock operations were commenced by encasing the person intending to dive in the sub-marine armour, which is a complete suit of indiarubber, with copper headpiece, and glass in front to see through, This connects, by means of a pipe, with an air-pump, through which the air is forced in, and the impure air escapes by a valve at the bottom. Taking. in one hand the signal line, and in the other the rope by which to make fast any object with which he might come in contact, the diver was hoisted over the side of the boat and let down to the bottom. The object was immediately hauled upon, but, making too strong a resistance for the rope, the diver was obliged to descend with a larger one and make it fast again. This time it was drawn to the surface, and found to be a portion of the old ship. At three minutes before twelve the diver again descended, and remained at the bottom fourteen minutes. When he again ascended he had in his hands bottle, a shoe-last of rather ancient style, and a small block used in rigging vessel& Upon drawing up what he had secured, it was found to be another portion of the wreck, and was placed in a scow alongside. A few days since a diver recovered from the wreck a plate made of pew ter, or some other metal, with the name of the owner, J. Butler, 1778," legibly marked on the bottom of it; also the English coat-of-arms in two places, with the name of " Thomas," and " Townsend, Church-st." These are cer tainly curiosities, arid have lain imbedded in the bottom of the river 71 years.—New York Express. INLAND REVENUE OFFICE.—The unsightly side of Wellington-street, in the Strand, that part of the street im mediately leading to Waterloo-bridge, is about to be built over by Government, as a new office for the Inland Revenue, as the Excise and Stamps and Taxes have been called since their recent consolidation. It is the intention of the ar chitect employed (Mr. Pennethorne) to carry out the design and architectural character of Somerset House—to work, in short, as far as line, and rule, and spirit will allow him, in the style of Sir William Chambers. When this addi tional wing to Somerset House is completed, the Excise office in Old Broad-street will be sold by auction, and the money carried to the credit of the public. This change will, it is said, simplify materially the system of stamping news papers, so that a great public improvement , as far as the eye is concerned, will be united with important conveniences to that fourth estate, the proprietors of newspapers.—ilthenceum. '„ a ° ' CHANGES IN THE INLAND REVENUE DEPAlltbTe The• a tE asr,—A variety of changes have just taken place Excise branch of the Inland Revenue Department.' in whole of the solicitors' offices, with the clerks and others .at tached thereto, have been removed to Somersetllol7 `",-,T f which means the entire management of the bus in ess legaine establish the Inland Revenue will be concentrated in o the amal gamation and not divided, as has been the case n gamation of the Stamps and Taxes d e partm in e si n p t s s e . e the receivers of the minor taxes in the Sts in Broad-street, will occupy the place vacated in the officeand Taxes e o s f and the whole of the legal business win_ d assistant -solicitor to Timm and Mr. TiLsey, as solicitor as assistant-secretary of the joint department. Dr. Bateman., .beconducted by Mr. reducing the charges of this silents are in contemplation for ta _ has also been reduced ; the Excise branch, we hear, will retire ; th an and other arrange establishment. The detectireidausw movement, when it is but this appears a very snon_ n i nearly all the exciseable considered that a dulteratior e, has been proved to exist to as the great an extent at the present time as ever it did under necessaries, or luxurifsoflf and Vice-Chancellor Knight mo li st o c r a d refu c l L u r virl:r p sti o h : te d judges of appeal, the latter with of Lords. Sir W. Page Wood and thijoe"-Tiugl"joe to become Vice - Chancellor A va cancy a ßru se ce at h i a n re Mr. J. parker are t is thus crea.ed in the post of Solicitor-General., roin . ap papa .. AffsTEitiovs ROnsERY OF 150/.—The large sum of IoCI. was stolen from the house of a respectable artizan in this town, on Sunday night, in a most m ysterious manner. The sufferer is Mr. Isaac Marriot, moulder, 74, Garden street. He also keeps a small provision shop. kl himself a thrifty man, is th e f or t unate possessorofrl lit ha ar t jewel , above all price, a careful and thrifty wife. Unknown to him she had saved a considerable mum of money, which she deposited in the savings bank; but the late defalcations .tar he t r y o o l f r the n sa l. f ) e an k k e . e pi n S g b . e \x. con nected with those institutions had shaken her confidence in the h t t o accordingly ell, took the money ways, and she seems to have hit upon a novel way a keep ing money. The garret of the house, it appears, IS Col women have curious vetted into a miscellaneous store-room. In this room was a case of bacon, and between the sides of the bacon amongst the chaff, she deposited her hard earnings—one hu ndredlass sovereigns, and ten 1. notes. Not later than S.aturs.aey she had added to the stock. Oa Monday morn s i t n gen n . y dis covered that the hoarded treasure had what means it is a perfect mystery- r The garret is however, which may help ,to a surmise.d the window not overlooked by a number of workshops, wife may have been being protected by a blind, the thriftyffie!}ee, been n se some facts, ages to the shrine of her observed in her oft-repeated pilgrimages h it is gone. Nothing was devtions. Two thisgs where the money was, and so that it is after a matter taken away but the moue) s art! that : that the thief knew Titus. VEMENT COMPANY.-- I TI non& IMPIIO for thankfulness that theyhave saved their bacon,! Sheffield SUTTON .:..4-V ming of this company was held on he half-yearly f•e . the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth, for the th d' y business. Mr. mg cor Inas 'William purpose k r the chairman of directors, presided. A Bean: Haw e , ' d of Ist. per cent. for the current six weeks was dividen W e dnesd o a t y t l r a s s u r s , act declared. I