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TriE LATEST ODDS AND ENDS FROM YORK CONCERNING TO•MORROW'S RACES. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 1 , 7 'llt,—l_Tpwards of three dew horses, including t - h a i : ( l, had arrive d at the scene of action at nice o'clock morning, and between two and three dczen mere "ere expected, so th4t the fields will he quite up to the n ar ete• The cour se i s in excellent order, the htc *ntria having been very beneficial to it. Six of the eoailaatiotis fur the Dundas Stakes have arrived, two or three more ate expected, so that the field will probably consist of Radul• tine) Post-Tempore, Tordesillas, Sister to Fencer. e r en eirla!, The Sax,e, F,,110w-me-Lads, Mrs. Birch. and 13 4 -"l " h ank B . CROOKSHANIES the winner, with the t Follow me-Lath, and Mrs. Birch in the next thr ee Places. For the Colt Sapling Sules, Wideawake, ~_he Governor, La} la colt, and Claverhouse will not ' ti n,l AUGUR will win, and Young Hawthorn or Burn tiacr occupy the second position. The Mitch will be ne m a ct in favour ot the PRINCE CARADOC COLT. Only four zellounced as arrived or expected for the Ebor St. ger , Perha : — Newminster, Crwas. The Calculator, and, c PS, The Confessor. NEWMINSTER will win easily, sh ould obtain the second place and The Calculator last. til n nid The Confessor start, place him between New „,aster and Ceteus, and you have the result of the race. i h ne 200 Sews. Match between Merry-go-round and the f a „ 37 tilia filly will probably end in a forfeit. The field v.: the Yorkshire Oak., it is expected, will consist of fal,varidiere, Tightwaist, Prestige, The Nun Confidence Flyaway, Filty-three, Lady of the Grove, and at e n r two otr,re , including one from the Goodwood litti)le. VIVA.NDIERE will figure as the winner; Confi pja-,,cei if she rues, and Tightwaist in the nex will I t It is expected that the following lot inrra the field for the Ebor Handicap, 14 -4 Maid of Mashaaa, Clothworker, Italian, Lady ',lda e h • fo t d ampton, Nancy (d), Cnteus, Harlow, Hunger a, d i Itnook Knoll, and Aristos I have marked Nancy 0 - 2 ab tfuit because it is the prevailing impression at g She will not start for this event. Champion and l oo k Knoll have many admirers in the north, the for- L'n Partic u l ar . Th e betting in town this morning itil itzattipoartioularly brisk ; the following are the latest :—Dundas Stakes-3 to 1 agst Crookshanks, 4 cl 5 to 1 t a k en f ree l y ; 5 to 1 agst The Saxon ; 6 to . sst Sister to Fencer. Yorkshire Oaks-2 to 1 agst s ta l r i ndlere ; 5 t o 2 ag s t Confid e nc e ; 4 to 1 apt Tight thp4l,a7t. Prince of Wales's Stakes-2 to 1 agst Bird-on eeo Ebor Handicap-7 to 4 agst Nancy ;6to 1 th:yigat Maid of Masham and Hungerford; 7 to 1 agst S ta . " l : 4l lan ; 15 to 1 agst Champion. Great Yorkshire - " a n"--The same as at Tattersall's yesterday. I am, Sir, yours, &0., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Ati g• 19, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. en lF TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. e except an outlay of two or three hundred pounds" ti oL e Marlb oroug h B uc k, t h e b ett i ng on th e Eb or 4 c h rettP and Great Yorkshire Stakes was almost wholly - geed to N ancy , w h o was b ac k e d h eav il y for b ot h tr ell te) and left off first favourite for each; it did not tillttlePire whether Mr. Martinson on had succeeded in get laid s ' 6 ° o to 1,000 about hrr for the Ebor. 6to 4 was off ed lieWminster for the Ebor St. Leger, and 5 to 1 I,,h.re currently against him for the St. Leger, for 44 1°1 the highest offer agst Bernal:l6z was 3 to I—die er and The Ban were in ening force. Closing prices— EBOR HANDICAP. 2 tO 1 eget Mr. Martinso's Nancy—taken B to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's n Italian 16 to 1 agst Mr. Brown's Hiric,t EBOR ST LEGER. 6 to 4 on Mr. A. Nictiol's N. wmicster—taken 8 to 1 ogst Lord Luroin's CI a3us GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES, 8 to 2 agst Mr. Martio,oo's Nancy—taken 6 to 2 agst Mr. Wilkinson's Neasham to 2 agst Mr. Clark's Marlborough Buck—taken and afterwards offered 9 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Ai iosto—taken and after wards offered Io CI to 8 agst Sir J. Hawley's The Ban—taken THE YORKSHIRE OAKS. 2 to 1 agst Mr. S. .I)avidson's Vivandiere—taken 6 to 1 apt Nancy winning the Ebor and Great Yorkshire—token 10 to 1 agst Nancy fur th , Ebor and Hernandez for the St. Leger—taken 12 to 1 agst Nancy for the Great Yorkshire and - 11ernsecit z for the St. Leger—taken LEAMINGTON STAKES. 600 to 50 agst Mr. Pannier's The Castle—taken DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's Hernandez—take 7 to 2 S to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster—taken and afterwards offered ( 1 , 5 to 1 agst Sir J. Haw ley's The Ban—taken to 3001. 4 5 to 1 agst Sir J. Ilawliq's The Confessor THE CESAREWITCH STARES. 4 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's Clarissa—taken THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 40 to 1 agat Mr. Carew's The Heriot—taken Icf. DERBY. , i n r to 25 agst Colon e l Peers Lapidist ''"io to 25 apt Lord Zetland's Augur—taken Ti t COLONEL PEEL'S STUD. 11,, e first portion of the stud lately sold by Colonel 4 4 ' 1 to Lord Ribbleadale was put up by auction yester 1' a t Hyde Park corner, and the following lots sold: - Gs. Gs. q b all y, y by lon, out of Palma 5O It f b y °ay Middleton or Alarm, out of Queen Anne 100 4i b y Cotherstone, dam by Sir Hercules g f 77' Alarm, out of Seek,le II °3 7 Slane, out of Jenny Lind 4O 1,4 eolt b y 170 Orlando, out of Hersey /3 f VuUs 250 t 3' Slane, out of Palmyra 8 ~°; t l g lit in --Osiris, 600 guineas; Talfourd, 1,200; l eo 4 :7 n g's 290. Lapidist, 3,000; Kingston, 1,300; Liver- Ail ; 49 (4 and Orpheus, 420. tetd:itai Hirauta, and Glenluce arrived in town yes ./ ee their way to York. YORK RACES. Y o (BY (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 118017" b. , MONDAY AFTE RNO O N , S IX O 'CLOCK —The iC t nit are the present arrivals :—Clothworkor, Nancy, tsillvilrift, Lady of the Grove, Calculator , Fifty-three, tl ,,llor .l ne - Lads, Miss Flyaway, ch by Ithuriel out of tsi t h -r °P, 2 yrs; Deceitful, Prime Minister, Aaron 151 ,ibi:$ Candlewi c k Brother to Shy lock, The Nun, Lady 444:, sist Racial phti s, Augur, Sweetheart, Vivandiere, f by tts 11 . °rlar-chout C etus, Prestige Cureus, Tight ) er to Fencer, and Rose. 11tr - NGERFORD-MARKET REGATTA "; our • tle, - an nual regatta at Hungerford market,• in Duchess _ Astityteetal day of her Royal Highness the . an f ` o ,cliE place yesterday, and was superior to iny a g ree butte occurred of late bears. The match was ‘414 meets, with red - ten competitors, and attracted maey spectators. 14 na First Heat. 0 0aY. westward and Al, xen d er T oug h ...(Y e ll o w) 1 "%ei t ,l,„enurchm , ri and Henry Godfrey (Blue) 2 Th e "ood and E. ll'Evoy (Wh i te) 0 h Oitt 4 h eht , extended from Hungertord- stairs up round a d OAp o ff th e Victoria Tower of the H. use of Lords, t o,nnd th e Thames police-ship. off Strand-lane, N ; t ett to Ipungertord-bridge. It was a capital start, ,Vto'bend race. After abreast of each other for lO aa l. three minutes, blue tota the lead, followed by pl ies' t). who pressed them so severely that they changed 4on flutsring the upper , station boat. Th e winners 1 4' 4 . l t. dually drew slightlyin advance, and main -1) 1 :1 0 , Second Elf at. 4 st" . tancroft an d Jams Brathwaite (Pink) 1 i te fusser and Charles Westwo od ... 14 phi l est pai r i n t h e fi rst h eat being entitled ( a, G la r o ee r n we 2 d heat, with no better success Oita before. It was t ilt el°B e race forfro a short distance, then th e winners l ong way i n nt. (!h ii te ls Final Heat. l'oe,hnlan and Godf re y (Blue) 1 qte l °,," and 11. West woo d (y e llow) 2 1 , • , i .," 3 ,ft and Brathwaite (ri n k) 0 elf ht i7 took the 1, ad a t a goo d pace, and ma i nta i n ed it s t hiii m e way nund, but fouli ng t h e c h a i n belonging to ' e eni b ea t , 6 d ummy " at the Adelphi, t h e other kiti t r t e tr, wh o were close up, went away from them in s tae heaps by four or five lengths. la e - Pr ize was a purse of sovereigns, subscribed by etedeuts of the vicinity. TgE 111 / 3 1 -TSAND MILES' MATCH AT THE ve r a RED HOUSE. 4 „ t/tn ae Pl: T i ng columns have from time to time an "ue progress of the Leeds pedestrian Searles, ki te. arcl uv _ " undertaking of walking one thousand trou li d e one ~,_o us th ' e and successive hours, in the inclosed N I ; h p °1 , 1 7 e well-known Red House at Bittersea. —llllt ebb day to record the completion of this 3- 1, 1 % 3 e effort of endurance, perseverance, end stamina. ti: t h u - v a t tl Y Years must confess, we have viewed f the asserted performances in all parts o ,75tet 1 - 7, 4 "0al of the feat known as " The Barclay . Zger ab ' i and not without good reason, for a pretty c t on l „," 11 ti aa ' t e ezperience in pedestrian performances has f o d . a ti ttiti__the races in inclwed grounds are but too re au nt wer e " gate-money" speculations. In the pre " $a alhna'weee there was an absence of chicane, a fair "kilaeo""ipublicity that not only set suspicion . at sia -144111t0 "ut arrangements were made for testing the 1 044 °f th e run, and the practicability of the . per illtiqrl-ee, calculated to give every opportunity for teribY a lng the sceptical. A hundred pounds was sub m°4 4 ,_ 8 a bonus - to the man if successful, and the the Red House, Mr. Ireland, went to a large Pte t i 'n Preparations, not only for the uninter w4tetc P r ogress of the match, but also for the proper h.lng, ti mekeeping, and accommodation of Searles taisediB attendants. A gift of twenty pounds was pro a'ncY one who should detect the pedestrian in a kpi I nult l e„a a '• any of the conditions, and not only were two the an d a policeman constantly on the ground, ld thue enclosure was open from nine at night till nine inti rtiln, for the purpose of convincing unbe earial• It is a remarkable fact, that, whether from •-., 0 1 "3 7 or interest, Searles never was without watchers bed w r° PenY, inside the little wooden edifice where his mo rni ng. placed, and owlish, late at night, or early in the f Iltercing visitors, who noted his times of rest and o rell Or t he first 700 miles Searles walked well and cheer but %te a ,.the 736 t h m i le he sprained his foot, and an bi twelve heurs followed. But a doctor, and the a Ned, X Vildit,d'atr. eaturce brou g ht i t r i g h t aga i n, an d li e Da rt (y . °n• Th e average of his day miles, in the early th r. / the undertaking, appeared nine minutes and patciquarters, ululeca of the night rather more. I n th e l ater minutes was not tudrecinent, and the 'rFIR SUN, majority of till miles were covered in ten minutes and a hailf. The task was commenced at six o'clock on the even ing of the 7th of July, and the last mile was walked on the morning of the 18th of August. at a few minutes after nine. We may observe that Searles, despite his long deprivation of continuous sleep, not only was fresh at the c-nclusion of the match, but, so completely is habit second nature, that be fit little inclination for extra roan As this is the first well-authenticated achievement of what is popularly known as the " Barclay Mach," a brief note of the performance of " Allard) co of Ury," from a journal 40 }ears since, may not be unacceptable: "In October, 1808, Captain Barclay made a match with Mr. Webster, a genth-man of celebrity in the sporting world, by which Captain Barclay engaged to go, on foot, a thousand miles in a thousand successive hours, at the rate of a mile in each and every hour, for a bet of one thousand guineas, to be performed at Newmarket heath, arid to start on the following Ist of June. In the intermediate time, the captain was in training by Mr. Smith, of °vision, in Yorkshire. He started at twelve o'clock at night on Thursday, the Ist of June, in good health and high spirits. His dress from the commencement varied with the weather. Sometimes be wore a flannel jacket, sometimes a loose great coat, with strong shoes, and two pair of coarse stockings, the outer pair boot-stockings without feet, to keep his legs dry. He walked in a sort of lounging gait, without any apparent extraordinary exertion, scarcely raising his feet two inches above the ground. During a great part of the time the weather was very relay, but he felt no inconvenience from it ; indeed, wet was favourable to his exertions ; as, during dry weather, he found it necessary to have a water-cart to go over the ground to keep it cool, and prevent it becoming too hard. Towards the ccnc!usion of the performance, it was said, the captain suffered much from spasmodic at fection of the legs, so that he could not walk a mile in less than twenty minutes ; he, however, ate and drank well, and bets were 2 to 1 and 5 to 2 on his completing his journey within the time prescribed. About eight days before he finished, the sinews of his right leg be came much better, and he continued to pursue his task in high spirits, and consequently bets were 10 to 1 in his favour at Tattersall's. _ _ _ " On Wednesday,_ July the 12th, Captain Barclay completed his arduous undertaking. He had till four P.M. to finish his task, but he performed the last mile by a quarter of an hour after three in perlect ease and great spirit, amidst a great crowd of spectators. For the last two days be appeared in higher spirits, and per formed his last mile with apparently more ease, and in a shorter time, than be had done for some days past. " With the change of weather he bad thrown off his loose great coat, which he wore during the rainy period, and walked in a flannel jacket. He also put on shoes thicker than any which he had used in any previous part of his performance. When asked how be meant to act after he had finished his feat, he said he should that night take a good sound sleep, but that he must have himself awaked twice or thrice in the night to avoid the danger of a too sudden transition from almost constant exertion to a state of long repose. One hundred guineas to one, and indeed any odds whatever were offered on Wednesday morn ing; but so strong was the confidence in his success that no bets could be obtained. The multitude who resorted to the scene of action in the course of the con cluding days was unprecedented. Not a bed could be prccured on the Tuesday night at Newmarket, Cam bridge, Bury, or any of the towns or villages in the vici nity, and every horse and vehicle were engaged. Among the nobility and gentry who witnessed the con• elusion of this extraordinary performance were the Dukes of Argyle and St. Alban's; Earls Grosvenor, Besborcugh, and Jersey; Lords Foley and Somervilie; Sir John Lade, Sir F. Standish, &c. The aggregate of the bets is supposed to have amounted to 100 0001." Notwithstanding the severity of this and various other remarkable gy messtic feats, the captain Li still enjoying a green old Lige at his seat at Ur}, near Stonehaven, iu the county of Kincardine, respected as much for his kind and gentlemanly demeanour in private as he is ce lebrated fur his sporting exploits in public.—Advertiser COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE. MONDAY, AUG. 18, Divine service was performed yesterday morning at Osborne by the Rev. Mr. Protneroe, before ner Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince or VV aka, and th- Princess Royal. The Royal suite and household attended. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. Sunday being the birth-day of the Duchess of Kent, the morning was ushered in at Kensington by the ring ing of merry peals on the Church bells, and hoisting the Royal Standard. Yesterday evening her Royal Highness's London tradesmen illuminated, and, as usual, they dined together at the King's Arms Tavern, Kensington. By her Majesty's gracious command, a dessert of the finest fruits of the season was sent from the Royal gar dens at Frogmore, and by the Duchess of Kent's orders the table was supplied with a fine buck. Mr. W. N. Wright, ren., presided as Chairman; and the vocal department, under the direction of Mr. Rana ford, contributed much to the hilarity of the evening. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong. Dispatches were also received from the Governor of Canada and the Governors of the other North Ame rican Colonies; and also from the Governor of the Gambia. LONDON,' 'f NIZ M. (From the Times.) Intelligence has been received from India to the effect that the Government of Calcutta has at length conclusively determined on immediate interference in the affairs of the Nizam. This menace has been so long suspended over the Court of Hyderabad, and the embarrassments and disorganization of the Deccan have constituted so interminable a subject of remon strance and report, that flu: information thus commu nicated, will, perhaps, appear to carry little novelty or interest. Yet the conjuncture is not without an importance of its own ; and it is difficult, indeed,' as the reader will presently see, to predict the ultimate results of such a movement in dominions like those of the East India Company. The Nizam or "Administrator' of the Deccan is the representative of a family founded about a century ago at the dissolution of the Mogul empire. The word " Deccan" signifies " South," and was applied to the portion . of India between the rivers Nerbudda and Kistnab, which stood in that geographical relation to the seat of Imperial power. To this spacious terri e tory there was dispatched from the Court of the Great Mogul a renowned lieutenant of the Emperor with the title of "Nizam," a distinction which he perpetuated by transmitting it to his descendants along with the province which he had been sent to superintend, and which, after eastern fashion, he had converted into a princely inheritance. On our first intervention in Indian politics we found the Nizam of the Deccan a formidable Sovereign, though he was brought before the close of the cen tury to hold his crown by our protection. The al liance between his State and the British Government was serviceable to both in turn, but it ended in ar rangements which have led by degrees to the present crisis of affairs. As the strength of the native Powers declined, and that of the British increased, it was natural that our contributions towards a common ob ject should take the form of military force, while those of the Nizam should be confined to pecuniary subsidies. Some of the obligations thus accepted were commuted for territorial cessions ; others re• tamed their original form ' • and the ultimate pacifica tion of Peninsular India left the Nizam under en gagements with the Governor of Calcutta to defray annual charges to a very considerable amount. It will be readily understood that these liabilities would become more and more disagreeable as the re. collection of the services rendered became more and more indistinct. The undisputed ascendancy of the British released the Nizam from all those perils against which be bad purchased protection; he had no enemy to apprehend, and he found it irksome to con tinue payments the consideration for which seemed to have long passed away. Moreover, his kingdom was running the usual course of oriental sovereignties, and a declining revenue and deficient means quickly followed upon a reckless and dissolute Administration. The British engagements had stipulated for the continu ous sojourn of a Resident at the court of Hyderabad, whose aid and counsel were to be always at the com mand of the Sovereign, and whose influence it was hoped might tend to maintain him in the paths of prudence. But, unfortunately, our system of pro tective alliances was partial and imperfect. It ope rated effectually enough to disarm the protected prince of all power for external action, but it left him in independent authority to mismanage the affairs of his particular dominions. We could control his deal ings with other states, and regulate his military es tablishments, but with his domestic administration we made no pretence to interfere. The consequences of this policy have been but too visible both in the Dec can and in °tide. In the state of which we are now . writing, the Nizam either selected a Minister after his own heart, who was at variance with the British Resident, or he accepted a nominee of the Resident with such repugnance and ill will as neutralised the effects of the appointment. Practically there was no Government at all, for the influence of our authority was just sufficient to check the ma chinery without communicating a beneficial impulse to the Administration. Meantime par meets fell into arrear—a circumstance which, while it called fur more urgent intervention on the part of the Resident, increased also the objec - tions attached to his capacity and presence. In this manner have the affairs of the Deccan proceeded under a succession of rulers, until the sum due from the reigning Nizam to the Exchequer of Calcutta amounts to 850,000/. ' • and the British Government have at length resolved on exercising a power reserved to them of temporarily confiscating a portion of his dominions, and applying the revenues to a liquidation of the debt. It may seem at first sight that a con tingency so long contemplated, and apparently so natural, was not likely to be attended with any very serious consequences ; but all things in India have a character of their own. The Nizam himself might possibly conceive no great concern at the collection of part of his revenues by British officers. Large private funds enable him to satisfy the demands of oriental luxury, and to maintain an attitude of sulky indifference to the remonstrances of the Resident and the complaints of his subjects. Some, however, of those subjects have arms in their hands, and it is extremely probable that our proceedings may provoke the use of them. There exists in all India States troops, more or less numerous, of mercenary soldiers, the remains either of disbanded armies, or of military communities, or of those native forces which have from time to time been shattered under blows. Besides these, the Arabs—that Caw. sian race whose influence is felt from the straits of Gibraltar to the islands of the Eastern Archipelago— have long furnished India with a fierce and turbulent soldiery. These elements of disorder are to be found more or less throughout the country, but they have swarmed in extraordinary numbers on the dominions of the Nizam. Not only was the anarchy of the king dom generally favourable to their profession, but the position of the Sovereign himself invited their notice. The " Nizam's army," so termed, is commanded by British officers, and under the exclusive authority of the Resident, so that his Highness has been compelled to levy and maintain a distinct force for such occasions of state and government as were still recognised by his protectors. This double drain upon his Treasury, while it has contribut6d in no small degree to the present embarrassment of his finances, has filled the country with crowds of ill-paid and un governable mercenaries. First, the Sovereign himself, and then his nobles and favourites, are se verally supporting large bands of retainers, whose wages are always in arrear, and whose pecuniary claims and military strength give them great practi cal influence on the measures of the Government. To dismiss these troops is impossible, for there are no means of satisfying their demands, nor is it probable indeed that they would consent to be dislodged from a settlement so congenial to their habits ; so that Sikhs from the Punjaub, Arabs from the Gulf, Beloo chees from Scinde, Rajpoots from the north-west, and Patens from Affghanistan—all the fiercest foes, in short, of all our Eastern wars—are now mustered for mischief in the Deccan. At this moment the re venues of the Nizam amount, we believe, to about 1,000,000/ sterling—a sum so inadequate to the exi gencies thus induced that there a deficit of some 300,0001. was an annual event. From this income the British Government proposes to intercept some 350 000/., so that the deficit will be more than doubled, and the question which disturbs Indian ob servers is, how a state which was barely kept together as it stood, can maintain even a semblance of substan tive power when more than a third of its revenues is taken away. It is believed that the Nizarn could, if he pleased, meet the demands of his creditors from his privy purse, but it is not conjectured that he will so incline. Another method lies in the resumption of " jaghires," or Crown revenues, from the favourites on whom they hare been profusely bestowed; but these favourites retain small armies of Arabs, who will incontestably fight to the death, if not for their masters, at least for their pay. In fact, the whole revenues of the Nizam and his followers may be de scribed as pledged to a powerful and extortionate band of military creditors, holding actual possession, and likely to surrender their advantages only with their lives. We are not, of course, insinuating that the prodigious strength of our Indian Government is likely to fail against such antagonists as these, but their desperate ferocity has been proved in many a field, and we may anticipate isolated contests of ex . treme severity before the Deccan can be rid of its invaders. Ceupjed,,t9o, with this contingency, is the indefinite peril,with -which warfare in India is always attended. The risk is, perhaps, less than usual in territories so long peaceful and so well under com mand as those of the Madras Presidency, but it still exists, and may at any moment evoke an enemy into being. Neither is it probable, all circumstances con sidered, that our proposed intervention will actually terminate with the recovery of our dues, so that what appears the simple execution of a compact may not only lead to bard fighting, but may introduce a new epoch in our relation with the Princes and people of India. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT HASTINGS, AUG . . 18. —Mr. W. It. Quarry, a young ;a!!. yesterday morning, in a very man aged entered e me d ad 2 n 6 c , thee l r o . s t s e h Aa l his opposite life oe h snei twenty breeze from 3' th a minutes before seven o'clock painful Carlisle-parade, with six or sev c e i n c a t c he r !. persons, leaving his ne o a n r i l p , aniop, Mr. Joseph watch and clothes in charg g e , and e t a i c t u s t l h owest, and l;hieelrdeerv,.,asTschme s e e . a sa w rf a , s w e it b h bi a n west.. In ten or twelve minutes the party came out - of the water, ex cepting Quarry, who was then missed by his om panions. Hs was seen by the latter about th ree minutes cbefore, stand ing with the wate r breast hi g h and occa sionally dipping. A young man named Holland!! at once went t o the spot where Qu cry was last Pen. but could find no trace of him. Boats and drags were put in requisition, but without avail, and although every exertion ha s been made, u p to the present hour the body has not been found. It is supposed that the deceased sank in some soft mud, and that his body is now concealed in it. The spot in question is the si e of a sub terranean forest, and the sands are very treaenerous owing to the presence of decomposed vegetable matter. The de ceased conducted a chyrcist's business in All Saints-street, and his untimely end has caused considerable sensation in the neighboul hood. LOLA MONTES ON THE STAGE. What has become of Lola Mentes? is a question, I suppose, frequently asked in London by many of the myriads who have seen or heard of the char ces and fas cinations—the wild exploits and adventures—of this ad mired and mysterious lady. The question is not diffi cult to answer to one moving in a certain " set" in a certain quarter of Paris not a hundred miles from the Place Vendome—or to anybody else indeed who hap pens to " know all about it." Lola is neither conquer ing another king, nor marrying another husband, though she could doubtless do both it she chose. The fact is, kings have become so unimportant all over the continent, and husbands so ridiculous all over the world, that per sons of the highest taste find neither worthy of their notice. Accordingly the Countess Landsfeldt—the title that Lola Mentes resumed since her residence in Paris —has taken a loftier flight, and has returned with more than her old enthusiasm, and a promise of more than her old success, to that career in which she was once so briefly conspicuous. The fact is certain, that Lola is to re-sppear on the stage; and the fact is disappointing that Lola will not appear in England, nor in France, nor indeed in Europe. America, which i s j u st experi encing its " next morning" after its recent musical intoxication, is destined to be visited by a relapse, and to be again astonished out of its dollars and property, that is to say, supposing the Americans to have the good taste to behave with en appropriate degre e o f a b sur dity. Meantime—pending the period of her departure, which is fixed for October next—the COuntess is " taking steps" to regain that mastery over. her art which her long rest must have necessarily deprived her of. The Jardin M.abite is the scene of her daily practice, and Mabil,e himself is its direc•or. The new dances of Lola Monte, (*latch are shortly to be publish' d) are six in numbs r. fheir arrangement, their mechanism au Mabil'6; their grace, their character and nationality are her own. For the rest it may be as well to mention that during her absence from the stage Lola has not lost any of those personal charms which can add eclat to her return. Her e)ei has lost nothing of its strange and startling brilli ancy, her form of its harmony and proportion, ber motions of their grace. Above all, she is still young, and still enthusiastic. For the benefit of those among your readers who are interested in business-like parti culars, I may add that New York is to be the scene of her first appearance; that a report of her previous en gagement at the Montansier, has no foundation what ever; and that she will reign n the new world as her own mistress unfettered by Barnum or any other person. —Paris Correspondent of the Musical World. THE GERMAN AGITATION UNION OF LONDON. Under the name of the German Agitation Union of London, a society has been formed for the purpose of re establishing the lawful rights of the German people which were overthrown by a despotism as barbarous in its cruelty, and wore lawi css t h an t h a t o f Naples, and crushiug with the same Iron weight the whole of Italy and Hungary, f for Th e society will m a k e use only England. of means of agitation a within Th e society ie litray i lt: nottheot o merely law discussion, but rre eminently a working one. E ac h of the members, who have until now acceded to it, has undertaken to work in a special department of the business of agitation. To prevent mnconcePtion or wilful misrepresentation, the society declares, distinctly, that it has no pretension whatever to be a secret government of Germany, The society has entrusted Dr. Karl Tausenau, of Vienna, with its central direction, and has appointed him with full power to be its representative and agent in all its external business and negotiations, In the name of the society, J. Fickler, Dr. G. Franck. A. Gnegz. D. Hertle, J. Rouge, A. Ruge, F. Sigel. London, Aug. 15, 1851. The German Agitation Union of London approvn cf the position of Dr. Arnold Rage, in the European cen tral committee. In the name of the society, J. Fickler. Dr. G. Franck, A. Goegg, D. Hertle, J. Ronge, F. Sigel, Dr. K. Tau,enaa. London, Aug. 15, 1851. By the powers entrusted to me by the German Agita tion Union of London, I herrby invite all friend; of the German popular caube in Europe and America, to send their communicawions, buggestions, periodical or other money contributions to me by safe means and free cf postage. DR. KARL TAUSENAIL 8, Barnard's-inn, Holborn, Aug. 15, 1851. THE REPRESENTATION OF OXFORDSHIRE—A com mittee meeting of the South Oxfordshire Protection Associa• tion was held at the Star Hel el on Wedne=day last, for the purpose of taking steps for completing the requisition to Mr. Stone, of Streatley 11 use, to come forward as a candidate at the next election. Certain resolutions were agreed to, and we understand that it was stated at the meeting that pro mi-es of support to Mr. Stone had been given by several influential persons in the county, and that the prospects were so encouraging as to leave Mr. Stone.— Oxford Journal. no doubt of the return of nis Lulu: OF NEWCASTLE.—The Mayor and corporation of East Retford have issued cards of invitation to a dinner to be given to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle on Nriday, the sth of September next. EVENING, TUESDAY THE STOURBRIDGE AND BROMS GROVE BANKS. BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT COURT OF BANK RUPTCY, AUG. 18, IN RE RUFFORD AND WRAGGE. The last examination of the bankrupts was ap pointed for to• day, but before the commencement of proceedings it was understood that an adjournment would take place tb a distant day. Mr. Waterfield, registrar, presided, in the absence of : Mr. Commis- Sioner Ba)guy. Mr. Har ward, of Stourbridge, and Messrs. Motteram, Knight, and Emmett, solicitors, of Birmingham, appeared for the assignees ; Mr. James, of Birmingham, for the bankrupts ; and Mr. Price, Mr. Causes, &c., as solicitors for various creditors. Few questions of importance arose during the day, which was chiefly occupied in receiving proofs of debts. Mr. Price, solicitor, of Stourbridge, tendered a proof on the part of the British Alkali Company, sworn to by one of the directors, to the amount of 1,4881. balance of account. This step was taken on the present occasion according to Mr. Price, for the purpose of enabling him (Mr. Price) to examine Mr. R,ufford, jun., with regard to his connexion with the Alkali Company, and certain bills now in possession of the' assignees. Mr. Harward and Mr. Motteram contended that the proof must be .made by the registered officer of the company. .'The deed of the company did not govern this matter, but the Act of Parliament. _ _ Mr. Price said that under the company's deed there was power given for a director to sue or even to take out a commission of bankruptcy against a debtor, sup posing he had committed an act. The Commissioner was of opinion that the proof of debt must be Made by the registered officer of the company ;. although it might be true that their deed gave them the powers stated, it was clear by the general Act of Parliament that in such an instance as the present the secretary or other registered officer was the only person competent to prove. Mr. Price would explain the circumstances under which the application was made. Between two and and three years ago, the British Alkali Company paid into or deposited in the'romsgrove bank two bills of long dates (we unaerstand, not yet due). These bills together amount to upwards of 13,0001., and were (it now appeared) subsequently paid by the Bromsgrove to the Stourbridge bank, as security for or in payment of money owing by the former to the latter establishment. When the fiat of bankruptcy issued, the assignees became possessed of these bills, and the object of the directors of the Alkali Company in asking for the examination of Mr. Rufford on the present occasion was to ascertain from himself his exact position and connection with that company, more especially with regard to these bill transactions. They now applied to examine him upon these points. The Commissioner said it was competent for any creditor who had proved his debt to examine any or all of the bankrupts ; but the proof now tendered must be sworn to by the registered officer of the com pany. It was clear that the present meeting must be adjourned, inasmuch as there had not been suffi cient time to prepare the balance-sheet. He sug gested, therefore, that the examination of Mr. Ruf 'ord on the points alluded to should be taken regu larly at the next meeting. Mr. Price thought that probably the next might be the last meeting, and that they would not have sufficient time to investigate the matter. Perhaps a special meeting might be appointed. The Commissioner said the present should be a short adjournment, and in all probability, seeing the -xtensit e transactions involved, further adjournments would take place. He did not think he ought to ap point a special meeting upon an application like the present. If any creditor who had proved required it, be might examine the bankrupts. Mr. Price observed that the secretary to the Bri t:sh Alkali Company was in Birmingham, and in all probability he would prove the debt in question before the adjournment of the court. The Commissioner, addressing Mr. Harward, the solicitor to the assignees, said he understood that th e elder Mr. Rufford, one f the bankrupts, was not in court—indeed not in Birmingham—was it so ? Mr. Harward replied that it was understood that the present would be an adjourned meeting, and with the consent of parties, Mr. Rufford's attendance had, is they thought, been legally excused. The younger Mr. Rufford and the other partner were present, and if necessary no doubt Mr. James, the solicitor to the bankrupts, would see that the elder Mr, Rufford was sent for. The Commissioner—All I can say is that I shall be obliged to sit here during the, day, and if, at its close, he does not appear, I shall be compelled to proclaim him. Mr. Raiford, jun., soon after left Birmingham, and in the course of the evening returned from Leaming ton with his father, who duly surrendered before Mr. Waterfitld. Mr. ragge and Mr. F. Ruffo.rd had previously complied with this requirement of the law. the debts proved during the day amounted to be tween 13,0001. and 14,0001. Those upon the Broms grove bank were few in number but heavy in amount. Messrs. Hemmings, the great needle manu facturers of Redditch, proved for 4,8001. The total amount of proofs admitted up to this time is about 172,000/. The further examination of the bankrupts was ad journed until the 30th of October. PARISIAN STREETS AND HOUSES.—Great improve ments are observable in the- streets by those who have not recently seen Paris: trottoirs are almost universal ; the painted signs have nearly all disappeared; and the drainage is very different from what it used to be. The largeness of the houses enforces the employment of an architect, and affords an opportunity for the display of ability. Land is very dear in Paris, and the result of course is, that all the houses are carried up very high. Not long ago a plot of land on the Boulevard was sold, and realized at the rate of 1601. for every 36 feet superficial of the area; this, however, was probably a maximum price. There are at this moment few private buildings going on. In their executed works the French architects appear to hold fast to established styles, but there is a desire abroad, as here, to work oat some thing new. Most of the houses that have been built within the last five years display a considerable amount of external sculpture. In decoration, it will be observed ths,t much greater use is made of statues and busts, though they may be but casts, than amongst us. There are many pretty cast iron canopies recently put up over doors: the cast iron work generally, as our readers know, is very good. The duration of external gilding in Pans, as compared with London, is very great, and affords evidence of the condition of our at mosphere—a condition which we might, and ougb.t to, ma • terially improve by enforcing the combustion of smoke. The gilded lamp-posts in the Place de la Concorde. 100 , 11 as fresh as if but recently done. And what a glorious plrice this is When the sun shines upon its fountains and orange trees, its Luxor obelisk, Chamber of Deputies, the Madeleine, Champs Elysees, and the Tuileries, we know no piece of a city more beautiful in the whole world.—Builder. NORTHUMBERLAND LIFEBOAT PRIZE.—The com mittee on lifeboats have presented their report to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, and the premium -which had called fourth a great amount of talent to the competition, has been awarded to James Beeching, of Great Yarn ,uth. There were many other models and plans of considerable merit; amongst these the following are the next in 4order to the successful competitor. The relative values of the models was expressed by numbers, 100 being understood to express a lifeboat complete in all respects :—James Beeclaing's num ber was 84; Henry Rinks, Appledore, Devon, 78; J. and E. Fellow, Plenty, Newbury, 77; William Teasdel, Great Yarmouth, 75; Harvey and Son, Halifax, Ipswich, 74; George Farrow, South Shields, 72 Semmens sod Thomas, Penzance. 72; George Palmer, kazing-park, Essex, 70; William Van Houghten, Rotterdam, 70; Alexa rider Robin son, Hartlepool, 70; J. and J. Harding, Whitby, 70; Forest and Laurie, Commercial-road, 70; Thomas GSM, Mundes ley, 70 ; Vtr illiam Greener, Aston, Birmingham, 7.0; George Lee, Tweedmouth, Berwick, 68 • R. Littlejobai and Sou, Spittal, Berwick, 6' ; John Edmund, Scarborough, 67 ; William Falbingbridge, Whitby, 66; Thom as Costain, Liverpool, 65 ; William Cambridge, Filey ; Yorkshire, 65 ; Joseph Hodgson, Blyth, 65 ; R. Taylor, Newcastle, 65; W. Goodridge, Swansea, 65 ; Johnston and Haines,. Brighton, 65; John Cogkey, Portsmouth, 64; Thomas Wal , ,:gt and Sons, . Sunderland, 63; Benjamin Birch, South Shia], is, 63; John Thompson, Rotherhithe, 63 ; J. Bertram, East- sl reet, Man chester-square, ; R. Tredwen, Padstow, S 3; Robert Blair, South Shields, 63; C. F. Gower, Ipswich. •63,; T. an.l J. White, Cowes, 62; John Arrowsmitb, Goisport, 62; Charles Gurr, Portsea, 62 ; John Lister, Sun clerland, 62 ; Josiah Jones, Liverpool, 61. Besides the perso as named in the above list there were 285 competitors of varioia:l degrees of merit. —Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette. A TRAGEDY IN TEXAS.—A negro rode •up to Mr. Baker's, at Galveston, about sunrise yesterday (July 11), and inquired the way to a neighbour's house, and was in. vited by Mr. Baker to alight until the famil S were done breakfast, to which they were about to sit do wn, and the negro did so. About this time Colonel E.S.C. Robertson rode up, and, upon examination, found the negro was a run away, and he and Mr. Baker tied and ,placed him in the house. Colonel Robertson then left; soon after 'which, Mr. Baker met the negro at the door, he having .cut himself loose with a large butcher-knife which he held in his hand. On Mr. Baker's attempting to retie the negr a., the latter grappled with and commenced stabbing him. Mrs. Baker, seeing her husband in this perilous situation, r. ma to his re lief, when the negro stabbed her, the knife enteri»gjust above the left nipple, severing the arteries of the axilla r, producing hemorrhage and almost instant death; and a fter stabbing Mr. Baker four times, thrice in the back, near tl re spine, and once in the side, the negro got on his horse arid fled. N o one was present: during the horrid tragedy, except five little children, whose screams soon assembl ed some of the neighbours. Medical aid was immediately si ammoned to Mr. Baker, but there is not the most distant ho, are of his re covery. A large number of our citizens immediately armed themselves and went in pursuit of the murderer., but at our last accounts from the scene of the murder, he h eel not been arrested.— Texas State Gazette, July 12. • DISAPPOINTED ANGLEItS.—A somewhat !laughable scene occurred at Middleton, near Manchester, a few days ago. A party of thirty-seven persons, furnished with rods, lines, and baits, went to a lodge of water on the Demesne, and proceeded to compete as anglers for certain p rizes, using all the manoeuvres of their favourite art to captu re. the fish, which it was known had been abundantly stored 'in the lodge for the purpose. They patiently watched for twos hours, the period over which the competition was to extend, and then found that the whole take amounted to one .sin all jack, weighing under half an ounce. They retired fro in the scene of this wonderful piscatorial feat amid the laughter• of some hundreds, who had assembled to see the sport. To add to their chagrin, it is said they have since discovered that the fish had been stolen. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—In the course of yesterday the grand jury returned a true bill agait Ist Lord Rauelagh, for an assault, and ignored those arising out of the counter-charges preferred by his Lordship. _T AUGUST 19, 1851. ENCUMBERED ESTATES ACT. if we watch the results of the Encumbered Estates Act with particular anxiety, it is only the result of a desire to see that Act in operation which was re peatedly expressed, long before it had received the sanction of the Legislature, and long before it had re ceived that favour at the hands of other journalists which was heaped upon it as SOOO as it was seen that it would " work well." When the state of Ireland hung like a. damp gloom over the empire, and the word was repeated from man to man throughout the country that she had ceased to be the "difficulty, , " of statesmen, and had become their " impossihility, ' we saw how practicable it was to clear away this gloomy atmosphere in the political sky, and how that small streak of light, that almost imperceptible patch of blue, not enough to make even an Irishman a pair of breeches, might be spread out till in time it might, haply, cover the whole sky. It was needful to begin by cutting asunder those legal things which bound the land to so many bankrupt familes, and bound the unhappy proprietors to estates of which they possessed only the anxiety and deep and bitter humi liation of providing for the claims of annuitants and mortgagees. But it was needful also, when the land was released from its entails, that there should be a market for it. It found that market. Doubtless many an estate was sold at far less than its value. Doubtless some few struggling proprietors sank ;into beggary, even worse than their previous lot, through the opera tion of the Encumbered Estates Act. But by their loss the beggary of hundreds was redeemed. A wealthy purchaser stepped into their shoes, and the estate, which in many of its fine acres had produced no crops for years and years, or such unworthy crops as were only a satire on the cultic ation, began to show other signs than those it had theretofore exhibited. A new system of farming was introduced, and though, from the unparalleled misfortunes which immediately pre ceded the passing of the Encumbered Estates Bill, it is difficult yet to estimate the amount of good it has effected ; no rational man doubts that that good has been exttnsive, and that it has paved the way to an amelioration of Irish suffering, so devoutly to be wished. But it was doubted at the time of this Bill's passing, and it is still doubted to a very great extent, whether the social state of Ireland is such as to sanction the residence of purchasers under the Bill. It gives us great pleasure, for the sake especially of our Pro tectionist friends, to repeat a testimony, which has already been borne, to the perfect practicability of a Saxon purchaser residing, with impunity, on his Irish estate. The witness in question describes the natives as " very amenable," though requiring a good deal of looking after to keep them at work. We can under stand this perfectly. The Irishman in his own country has unfortunately been so very ill paid, and has had so few inducements held out to him to work, that it would be an utter miracle if something like sloth had not crept over him. But to show the mildness of the people—and it is a matter of pride for an English man to think that such a virtue is not want ing in a race which the constitution of his country has united to him as his fellow subjects—let us quote the express words of this witness on another point. He says, "t am living in a cottage without a lock or bolt, sleeping on the ground-floor, without shutters. I would not venture to live in England so little secured. I have received the greatest kindness and hospitality from all ranks." What, in Ireland ! a family sleeping without lock or bolt ! But the fact is capable of explanation. The witness, in the first place, is a resident landlord. In the next, he is a man of honour and humanity. Entering upon the estate he had purchased, his first step " was, to get rid of the tenants off that portion of the land which (he) determined to commence improving and farm ing." He resorted to no process of extermination. He forgave them their rent—half a year's—paid their rates and charges, and bought their crops by valua tion. " From such as wished to go to America, I took their stock also by valuation, and for those who preferred taking other farms, I allowed their cattle to remain on my land until they found one. The smaller tenants, who preferred remaining with him he employed as labourers, averaging 75 men and 50 women daily. This explains the affection which has grown up around the Saxon landlord ; he has shown honour, and received it in return. But in concluding his testimony to the practicabi lity of living in Ireland, he adds certain facts which will be peculiarly agreeable to our Protectionist friends, if they wish to know where to spend their reduced incomes to the best advantage. " I have grouse, woodcock, snipe, and hares upon my pro perty ; yachting close by. Geese and codfish are brought to me at a shilling eadh, large turbot 23.; soles one penny each ; fowls ls. a couple ; and every thing in proportion." Read this, Messrs. Young and Newdegate ; " and then to supper with what appetite ye may."—Morning Advertiser. THE CLOSE OF THE SESSION. The termination of the annual session of the great council of the nation is, of itself, a fact suggestive of weighty considerations. On the results of the deli berative wisdom of this assembly depend, under Providence, to a considerable extent, the welfare of the large and increasing population of these king doms, the prosperity of those gigantic dependencies of England upon which the sun never sets, and, it is not too much to say, the social and moral progress and civilization of the whole world. An Englishman, therefore, naturally pauses on the prorogation of Parliament to ask what has been done and what re mains to do. The means of public intelligence are now, happily, as we think, so numerous, and the facilities which every citizen possesses of obtaining an insight into public affairs so great, that we shall not weary our readers by a repetition of the various mea sures which have, during the session now termi nated, been brought forward. The distinctive measure of the session of 1851 is, undoubtedly, that of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill, by which Government, in obedience, we may say, to the decided pronunciation of the popular voice, has declared the determination of the nation to resist the arrogant aggression of the Bishop of Rome. Beyond this it is almost enough to ob serve that propositions for the improvement of the ad ministration of justice, for the health, education, and social amelioration of the people, have been intro duced only to be withdrawn. We may at least hope that the discufsion which has arisen on these subjects will prepare the way for practical legislation at no distant period. But as public journalists, and espe cially as discharging the duties of that responsible position in a widely-spread agricultural district, we cannot but express our regret that the session of 1851 should have passed away without any Legislative at tempt being made to relieve the depressed state of a large and important part of the community. The position of the agricultural body is still that of rusticus expectans, while the stream of free trade flows on, and, to all appearances, will continue to flow. " The great race of nations," says our keen-witted contem porary, the Times," has scarcely yet begun." And how, it is suggested, is England to " challenge the whole world, with her huge debt on her shoulders ?" We beg leave, in reply to this question, to remind our readers that there was a time when England had not only " challenged" the world, but stood in arms against the world, and that at that time the progress of the nation, under all the disadvantages of almost universal war, was such as bad never before been witnessed. Is it not within the bounds of probability that the same cause which enabled this nation to triumph in war, might also, aided by the indomitable energy and enterprise of its children, enable it to triumph in the great competition of the world in the industrial arts of peace ? We know that it is a great fact that the monetary system introduced by Wil liam Pitt carried this nation through the eventful pe riod between 1796 and 1815. Is it, we say, unsea sonable to suppose that such a system—improved by all the wisdom of upwards of thirty years' experi ence—would enable the agriculturalist, the manufac turer, and the merchant, to enter the lists with the world on the broad field of universal competition ? This subject has recently been revived, and has ob tained the attention of thinking and practical men in every part of the kingdom. We have no wish to dogmatize on the question of currency, which all ad mit to be difficult and intricate, but we beg leave to suggest that the circumstances of this nation render the candid and impartial consideration of the possi bility of an amelioration of our monetary system a primary duty both of constituents and represents tives.—Doncaster Gazette. NEW INVENTION IN BRIDGE-BUILDING. Mr. Samuel Perks, of Emerson-street, Southwark-bridge, engi neer, has registered, under the new Act for the protection of inventions, his claims to a novelty in building timber bridges, columns, masts of ships, &c., which consists essentially of a combination of pieces irregularly crossing, overlapping, bind ing, and interweaving, whereby, when secured by bolts, screws, or nails, and cemented., and made impervious to wet, &c., by asphaltum, bitumen, or other convenient cementive material, solid beams of any length, say 1,000 feet, may be made, by even unskilful hands, of far greater strength (ac cording to his statement) than any single piece of beam timber, and at far less expense of either time or money than so much brick or stone work. There are other modifications of the same principle claimed, such as the formation of masts and keels of ships, the masts being made of concentric pieces crossed and bound together to any requ isite length and girth. Specimens of the inventions are deposited in the International Exhibition. Builder. AN EXTRAORDINARY SHOT AT AN EAGLE.-14Mt week, as Mr. John Hutton was shooting on Scratchmoor Scar, about five miles from Penrith, he beheld, to his sur prise, a fine eagle soaring above him, apparently watchi ng the manoeuvres of his dogs , an d laughing to scorn the weapon which he wielded. Mr. Hutton, however, levelled his gun, a double-barrelled one, made by Mr. Rowentree, of Penrith, the celebrated improver of the percuss i on cap, took a de liberate aim, and brought the majestic bird to the ground, and it was so severely wounded that it died almost i n stantly, and what is more str iking, the shot used was N o. 5 , w hich is fi t only for partridge, and the gun was of an ordinary size. The bird measured 48 inches from tip to tip. He has h aun ted this neighbourhood upwards of four years, and has frequently been fired at, but always got off unscathed until he came within range of the muzzle of the Penrith Alanton. —Carlisle ,Patriot, ANOTIJER INCEA DIARY FIRE AT OVER. Scarcely two months have, elapsed since the last fire, and it is now our painful duty to record another; and from the circumstances of the case, a more audacious and diabolical act of incendiarisrn we never remember to have heard of. On Tuesday night last, about nine o'clock, the alarm of fire was given by Mr. Thomas Mustill, a farmer, of the above village and it was soon discovered that a straw stuck in the very centre of the farm yard of Mr. Silk, op posite Mr. Mustih's, was in flames. No time was lost in getting out the engine; but before that was done the whole of the buildings were in flames. A large boarded barn, which had been recently tarred, burnt, with such rapidity and brightness, that at a distance it presented a most beautiful appearance. The fire then spread to Mr. T. Mustill's house opposite, which it totally consumed, as also some outbuildings adjoining. It then spread to the Red Lion public-house, at the opposite corner, which, with stables, piggeries, &c., was also destroyed; and proceeded thence down the lane, and in its fury swept down the cottages on both sides, destroying altogether three farm-houses, home-stalls, twelve cottages, and out houses, together with furniture, clothires, &e a belong ing to the cottagers, several of whoa barely escaped with enough to cover themselies. What renders the circum stances of the above fire different from the other is the fact that the diabolical incendiary went at nine o ' c l oc k into the middle of the stackyard, and deliberately set fire to a straw stack—in the teeth, as it were, of the owner, Mr. Silk, some of whose family were in the sit ting-room, the window of which locked on to the stack in question. We understand a strict inquiry will be commenced forthwith, and we hope the villain will be discovered. Every man in the village should be made to account for himself, and where he was at the time the fire broke out. The following is the correct account of the insurances effected upon the property, but we understand they will not cover the losses sustained by the different parties : Sarah Mustill (Royal Exchange), cottage, bakehouse, and buildings, 5501.; Mary AIIII King, tenant (Suffolk), house and stock in trade, 2251.• Thomas Mustill (Nor wich Union), house and stock in trade, 731.; ditto (General), farming stock, 40/.; James Mustill (Norwich Union), house, buildings, and furniture, 2101.; ditto (General), farming stock, 601.; William Garside and Francis Tookey (Norwich Union), cottages and fur niture, 2201.; James Wright (Norwich Union), cot tage (tenant uninsured), 50/.; Thomas Earl (Suf folk), Red Lion public-house, 4001.; Thomas Brown (Norwich Union), furniture, &c., 15/.; Isaac Wright (Norwich Union), house damaged, and build ings down, 304; William Bicheno, Black Horse (Nor wich Union), furniture, 11.; Jamea Chivers, landlord, damage, 3/.; Benjamin Silk (Norwich Union), house, furniture, buildings, and farming stock, 6401.; William Trigg (Sun), cottage (tenant uninsured), 100/4 Joseph Carter (Law), double cottage and blacksmith's shop (tenants uninsured), 90/.; Underwood Adams (County), furniture and stock in trade, 26/.; John Brown (insu rance unknown), cottage and meeting-house, 1001.; William Burling (Norwich Union), stock in trade, 10/. —Total, 2,843/. The following is a more detailed account of the prin cipal property destroyed:— Farm-house and premises, consisting of large barn, thatched with reed, boarded and thickly tarred; grana ries, pig-styes, bullock-hovels, stables, and other out buildings; stack of straw standing in the centre of the yard in which the fire was first discovered; large stack of new hay; quantity of beans, and other thrashed corn —the property and in the occupation of Mr. Benjamin Silk. Farm-house and tenements, stables, flour house, cart hovels, piggeries, &c.—The property of Mrs. Sarah Mustill, occupied by Jonathan Payne, labourer, and :lir. Thomas Mustill, farmer, and Mrs. Mustill, the pro prietor. The furniture of each was principally con sumed. The property and furniture are fully insured in the Royal Exchange, with the exception of Payne's. Fortunately the granaries, large barn, two stacks of new hay, and a small stack of new wheat were sa,,d. The old established public-house and premises, the Red Lion, which has been kept (till within the last week) for many years by Mr. Thomas Brown; property of Thomas Earl, brewer, of St. Ives, totally dei,troyetl. Insured in tho Suffolk-office. The present tenant, named Sansome, brickmaker, who had just taken the house, with the fixtures, and a portion of furniture, which is nearly all destroyed, is not insured, Farm-house, barn, stables, piggeries, and twenty tons of hay, quantity of poultry, and greater part of the fur niture—in the occupation of Mr. James Mustill. By the exertions cf Mr. Moses Silk, Mr. Joseph Gif ford, and others, the poor cottagers have been placed in temporary homes, and their wants otherwise provided for.— Cambridge Chronicle. ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, AuG. 18.—Captain St. George's company, 10th battalion, received orders on Saturday afternoon to be in readiness to embark in the Essex freight ship for a passage to Ceylon, to relieve Captain Wodehouso's company, Bth battalion, and the latter will proceed to China to relieve Captain Price's company from the Hong-Kong station. Hitherto the reliefs of the com panies of Royal Artillery at Ceylon and China have only taken place at the intervals of eight years, but by the new arrangement the reliefs at both places will take place every six years, and will be effected in the follow ing manner:—Captain Wodehouse's company proceeded to Ceylon in July, 1847, and have now been four years at that station, which is to be the future period of ser vice in Ceylon, and the remaining period of the six years to be served at Hong-Kong. The authorities think that the companies after a period of four years service in Cey lon will be better able to bear the climate of China for the short period of two years, and that the men will enjoy better health and spirits, owing to the limited period they will have to servo in the celestial empire previous to their return to head-quarters at Woolwich. Cap tain Bathurst, three sergeants, two bombardiers, two acting bombardiers, and 24 gunners, arrived at head quarters last week from Jamaica. They were left in detachments at Honduras Bay, Nassau, and New Provi dence at the time their company of the Ist battalion was relieved from the island of Jamaica during the preva lence of the cholera, and when it was considered advis able not to wait for the detachments serving at the dif ferent out stations. They lost one man on the passage home, and were obliged to leave one very ill at Ports mouth. Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., K.C.H., completed his annual inspection of the battalions of the Royal Artillery to-day, end during the two days' inspection of the band and the companies of the 12 battalions at present at head-quarters was accom panied by Colonel Cruttenden, Brigade-Major Bingham, and Captain Tylden, Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster- General of Artillery. After the inspection to-day the gallant Lieutenant-General inspected Captain Taylor's company on its return from service in Jersey. Lieute nant-Colonel Robe has taken the command of the Ist battalion at Woolwich, and Lieutenant-Colonel Thorn dike the command of the 11th battalion. BATTERSEA NEW BRIDGE FOUNDA TIONS. A correspondent of a morning paper gives the following particulars of this new bridge:— The piers of Battersea new bridge are founded on rows of bearing piles, driven from 20 to 30 feet into the bed of the river. These bearing piles are surrcunchel on every side by cast-iron guides and sheet piles, driven 16 to 20 feet into the bed of the river. The foundations of the piers are, therefore, bearing piles, protected by a cast-iron casing, sunk about is feet below the bed of the river. The guide piles and sheet piling are carried up to the level of low water, and from that to several feet above Trinity high-water mark, by a peculiar arrangement of the framing of the cast-iron plates or sheet piles. Into this casing of cast-iron a concrete of gravel and cement is poured ; so that the piers consist of a solid mass of artificial stone cased with iron to protect the stone from craft, but founded on piles so protected as to render any undorwashing arising from the bed of the river wearing deeper impossible. In France and Germany the use of cofferdams in cir cumstances similar to the Avon-bridge piers, and even in harbour works, has long is been disconti nue d ; b ut neither is the cost of a `‘ cast-iron casing" for th e con crete incurred. Concrete poured, by proper machinery, on to the prepared river-bed abd carried up to low-water mark, and then the masonry is built on t h e art ifi c i a l rock base --the river-bed being suppos e d to h ave suffi cient resistance without any artificial foundation, as in the Avon. It is difficult to say who originated the use of cast iron casings for buildings in water. Captain Moorsom, in the paper on the Avon-bridge, read to the Institution of Civil Engineers, attributes its first adoption to Mr. Ward, of Falmouth. The late Mr. Evart took outs pa tent for making cofferdams of cast-iron plates in 1822, but the plan had been previously applied by Mr. Mat thews, of Bridlington. Mr. Walker, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Sibley, Mr. Hartley, and others, have from time to time since 1822 used cast-iron piling for saving the expense of cofferdamming. In 1836 Mr. William Bush proposed the use of cast iron coffers or chests for reeking foundations for a light house on Goodwin Sands, and soon after tried it. It hes been recently adopted in important cases by Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Brunel. NENV ACT TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JusricE.—The new Act which will come in force in a few days for further improving the administration of criminal justice (14th and 15th Victoria, cap. 100) has just been printed. The object of the new law, which was brought forward by Lord Campbell, is to get rid of the legal technicalities which often defeat justice, it being declared that " such technical strictness maj . , safely be relaxed in many i n n; stances so as to ensure the punishment of the guilty w e it n c ° . ” depriving the accused of any just means of def e n n e Another object of the Act is to correct variances between t h ean d statements in indictments and the proof of names ! _da t er, circumstances which have frequently caused a tice. By this Act criminal courts are empower ediutr: am end ° certain variances not material to the merit oatne case, and his defence, by which a defendant cannot be prejudiced and may either proceed with or postpone t he trial, to be had y indictment for before the same or another jury. In an y of this Act into murder or manslaughter, after the operation, it will not be necessaryastocosenit forth the manner or inflicted, nor it be the means by which the injury W C to prove that willtnte necessary, in eases of forgery, particular. person ; " but it shall be suf ficienttion was to defraud a to prove that th e dfendant did the act charged with an intent to defraud. On the trial of an indictment for rob bery the jury may c o n vict or an assault with intent t o ro b . A person tried for misdemeanour need not be acquitt e d i f the offence turns out tobe aasfelon3 money. After %Coin and sbpaenckifyninogtesomthae3; b e described s im p ly mat t er s in which parties may be convicted on indictments, there are several provisions respecting indictments for per jury, o ne of which is to the effect that j udges of the s u p er i or courts,z' justices of the peace, commis s i oners of bankruptcy and insolvency and county courts, may direct indictments for perjury. The Act will come into operation on the Ist of September. THE TEA. TRADE , AUG. 18,—Th e d e li ver i es o f tea in London last week were 609 . 8 301b.,being a full average quantity. ILLEGALITY fl the SYNOD AT EXETIR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PLYMOUTH HERALD. Sir, —May I request the favour of your inserting the accompanying case and opinion in your next pub lication. It IN ill be seen that in the opinion of the two learned lawyers, whose names are attached, that the vrecaedings of the late synod at Exeter, were at en tire variance with the laws of the land, and that all persons who took part in the same have rendered themselves amenable to those laws. information has also reached me that anothar distinguished civilian has expressed himself most strongly in accordance with the views set forth by Mr. Peacock and Dr. Bayford,iand that were proceedings taken against any of the persons who took part in the synod, very serious consequences would arise. As synodical meetings in other dioceses are confi dently spoken of, it may be well that the public should be informed through the medium of the press what are the views entertained by men of the highest eminence at the bar on this important subject. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ONE WHO FEARS GOD AND HONOURS THE QIINEN. Plymouth, August 9th, 1851. CASE FOR OPINION. Notice having been given by the Bishop of Exeter, of his intention to hold a diocesan synod, at Exeter, some of the clergy of that diocese, having regard to the law of the Royal supremacy, and the provisions of the Act of 25th' Henry VIII., chap. 19, and their subscription to the 36th, canon of the year 1603, Request your opinion on the following points:- 1. Whether a diocesan synod or convocation may legally be assembled, and being so assembled, act without the license or permission of the Sovereign. 2. Whether a statement put forth as a synodical declaration, or resolution, on a point of doctrine or discipline, though not called a canon or constitution, does not come under the provisions of the Act 25 th Henry VIII., chap. 19. 5. Whether, supposing such a synod to be legal, and the bishop requires his cl ergy to elect a certain num ber of representatives to appear for them at the synod, instead of adopting the old course by which all the beneficed clergy were-to be present (the meetings of the synod being held at different places and times if the diocese was too large for them to meet simultaneously), the clergy are bound by law to obey the bishop's requisition, and whether they may not legally decline either to elect or to be present at such a synod. Ist. We are of opinion that a diocesan synod can not be legally assembled, or act without the authority of the Queen's writ, end that the 25th Henry VIII. extends, not merely to the convocation assembled for state purposes, but to every synod whether provincial or diocesan, and whether assembled for state or mere l y for ecclesiastical purposes. We are confirmed in the above opinion by the cotemporaneou s exposition of the statute, fur it will be found laid down in the text books, that diocesan synods were not only laid aside, until by the act of submission it was made unlawful for any synod to meet but by Royal authority—see John's 140—see also Bla. Com., 279, and there are many instances in which, even before the statute, diocesan synods were called together by virt ue o f the King's writ. We are also of opinion that after assembly, such a synod cannot confer to constitute any canons without the license of the Crown, see 12 Co. 7 9 . 2d. It is not easy to answer this question, with any degree of satisfaction, unless some specific synodical declaration, or resolution, were laid before us. At the same time it is difficult to conceive any synodical declaration, or resolution, on a point of doctrine or `discipline, that would not be found to contain elements which would bring it wider the operation of the Act. We see no reason why there may not be a mere declaratory canon as well as a declaratory statute. 3d. We are of opinion that the declining to juin in the election of a representative to appear at any such assembly would not render a clergyman guilty of any , ecclesiastical offence. With respect to a refusal to be present at such aFsembly, we are of opinion, that it would be justifi able; and further, that it would be contrary to law for any clergyman to attend it, or to concur in at tempting to make or pass any canon, for we cannot think that such a meeting would be less a synod, because convoked in an anomalous manner—or ille gally held for want of the Queen's writ. B. PEACOCK. A. F. BAYEOED. A TOAD IN A HOLE. The Academy of Sciences, says the Paris correspond ent of the Literary Gazette, in its last sitting, was oc cupied with a grove question of what, in homely lan guage, may be called " a toad in a hole." In digging a well at Blois, in Juno last, some workmen drew up from about a yard beneath the surface a large flint weighing about 141 b., and on striking it a blow with a pickaxe it split in two, and discovered snugly ensconced in the very centre a large toad. Tho toad seemed for a moment greatly astonished, but jumped out and rather rapidly crawled away. He was seized and replaced in the hole, where he settled himself down very quietly. The stone and toad, just as they were, were sent to the Society of Sciences at Blois, and became immediately the subject of curious attention. First of all the flint, fitted together with the toad in his hole, was placed in a cellar and em bedded in moss. There it was left for some time. It is not known if the toad ate, but it is certain that ho made no discharge of any kind. It was found that if the top of the stone were cautiously removed in a dark place be did not stir, but that if the removal were effected iu the light he immediately got out and ran away. If he were placed on the edge of the flint he would crawl into his hole and fix himself comfortably in. He gathered his legs beneath bis body, and it was ob served that he took especial care of one of his feet, which had been slightly hurt in one of his re movals. The hole is not one hit larger than the body, except a little where the back is. There is a sort of ledge on which his mouth reposes, and the bones of the jaw are slightly indented, as if from long resting on a hard substance. Not the slightest appearance of any communication whatsoever between the centre and the outside of the stone can be discovered, so that there is no reason to suppose that he could have drawn any nourishment from the outside. The committee, consisting of three eminent natu ralists, one of whom has made toads his peculiar study for years, made no secret of their belief that the (owl had been in that stone for hundreds, per haps thousands, of years; but how he could have lived without air, or food, or water, or movement they made no attempt to explain. They accordingly con tented themselves with proposing that the present should be considered another authentic case to be added to the few hundreds already existing of toads being found alive embedded in stone, leaving it to some future savant to explain what now appears the wonderful miracle by which nature keeps them alive so long in such places. But the distinguished M. Magendie suggested that it wa s j us t poss ibl e that an attempt-vas being made to hoax the Academy by making it believe that the toad bad been found in the hole, whereas it m i g ht on l y h ave b een put i n b y the mischievous w or k men a f ter the stone was bro k en. 'Terrified at the idea of becoming the laughingstock of the public, the Academy declined to take any for mal resolution about the toad, but thanked the corn• mittee for its very interesting communication ; and so the matter for the present dropped. One word, how ever,----if the toad had really not been embedded in the flint, haw comes it that, after being taken out, he always fixed himself exactly in the cavity, that the cavity fitted him to a hair's breadth, and that the hardness of the stone had made an impression 00 his jaw CIIAMAM, AUG. 16.--The following have gm Calcutta, d after m a afte arrived at Chatham garrison from Grav ' barked from her Majesty's ship Tudor, s,: _ i pora!, ' B Y • I mate passage of five months and twenty Reg iment . P . 1 sergeants, and 40 privates of the 60th ,the 96t me of n P r " - ' the 80th of the 24th Foot; 3 sergeants and one Lieutenant in , Yourg, seant Cammon, Regiment ; and Commander ~...n . erg with ten women and sixteen 0 31041 ' r died during the voyage. medical inspec n " troops have of the 6th Regiment, and 1 Francis Logan, Esq., private , practitioner in charge of were A district court-martial, the shi the pass a g ae • ctedAas • lte p rc it u t n , cl a e nTt i h ng e remainder Thirri En s, dtiroauftleidmeretost.admit Mary'sted to For c L ks. i C. 8., of the Royal Ma of which Lieutenant-Colonel mbled at the General Court-Martial Tines, was present, ,C 'e for the trial of private David Eley, of Room, on Thursday, o f Royal Marines for "casting away the Chatham division his arms, „ 8 ,, The sen tence will he re a d t o the corps in a Lieutenant Sutherland,. of the 2d N. B. Dragoons, proceeded to few days. Thursday last to rejoin his regiment. Acting a tched to the provisional battalion, Dorchester Surgeon Laurence M`Ke:nzie, M.D., will be at tached do duty with, the provisional battalion in the to, and tacbed 'Hospital until further orders. Leave of absence at present Garrison h as been g ranted to second- c l ass Staff -Surgeon Francis Laing, ALL., to the 31st i ns t ant. The following officers and men a r e under orders for em b ar k ation for Bombay in a few days: -Captain M'Andrew and Lieutenant Purvis, of the 78th Foot, with 54 men ; Lieutenant Woods, of the Bth Regiment, 816 men ; 6 pr i vates of the 64th Regiment; 17 of the 83d, and 10 of the Bth Regiment; Captain Hamilton and Ensign Holmes, of the 25th, with 53 men; Captain Darrock, Ensign Agg, and Ensign Morley, of the 51st, and 88 men; Captain Cassell and Ensign Penton, of the 84th, and 72 men. THE " DUKE" AND POOR ANN HICKS.—The_ North London A n ti-I nc l osure Society, conceiving the case o f Mrs. Hicks to be one of public rights, have taken it up a such. Poor Lo r d S ey mour and his unfortunate Woodstes soda Forests are q u it e unanswerable; but the " Duke :ll he render follows, to say th a t to no secretary of a society w account : " London, August 16th, 1851. " F. M. the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. Griffiths. He has received his le•ter and the enclosed printed paper. The Duke declines to have any epistolary correspondence with the secretary of any private society on the subject of the performance of his duties to the public." " Mr. H. D. Griffiths." SALT-WORKS or BAGNAC.—The Moniteur du Soir says that the workmen of the salt works at Bagnac, near Agde, department of the Llerault, demanded, a few days ago, an increaie of wages, but the directors could not grant it. They accordingly struck work, and caused a notification to he published that they would not allow the salt in the works to be removed. They then barred the roads leading ea radreivniarriving. i e c , i in rd al a o uth er or t i o ve ti p es, re ho n w t e o v t e h r e , r ea w n o s r e k d m t e h n e f r r i o n m g The p i l u a d c the affair to be arrested. 111 !f,r r 1"." . " L ,~