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n 41 10; was well 1 demand to 39 8d; eal, 3s to offal. , ee p and ions. la 3ef, from 4s to 5s 3. Suck re Pip, ly steadY Mutton, I to 33 6d flat, Yet Mutton , to 33 6d business s. _ Beef, 4s 4d to 3010 1 turns el the I and Willa S. rtik A d 25' I PEA°• 1g 01 WEEK• 6 ; Beath E S. is.) matches t carried sets were tched the inning by itch were h e spir l t l3 3rovided ad is no' an i a went for the AND OS tab Ligbt morning , ;he Light• my theta• uth-west• iced quite pbilo' 9 , i n st u a s one ph, . n ii ii°6(r 3 at JA- - ,: ny Gern 11 8 1 ; In $ )1,... 9 iietireid-14; in firmit'e d Pom o ld rage , 6 . 6 b,icb be 0 call 11, !rable a s olio to ° law's kind i n io d a nce, in end I nd Peil° steras: a e )Ilowlog last tifo a heavY bring is found be Co berwell, a of th e n IS sat le time ,ed to : Ana 110 MALT I ' ri .STY'S "11,;, T F: Last evenin g was t h e fi rs( t t th e p e riormance et 0 P'rae at playhouse prices, and the experiment was Perfe ctly successful; the hous e was crowded to over , soon as the doors were opened. the per- P; ll:l ances, which consi s t e d of the first act of Lucrezia clr gia, with Aladame Barbieri Nini as Lucrezia, Don 48Vale with Madame Sontag and Lablache, the 0 1 , - with v.erito, besides various other amuse ;lilts in the b a ll e t departim.nt, -went off admirably. The reception accorded to the artistes was most T HE SYRO-LEB ANON COMPANY. "ols semi-theatrical company of Syrian ladies and l tit . le rneD7 who have left the Levant on a little pro e.,,sional trip, and propose to enlighten this western pro- Public as to the habits and ceremonies, the domestic tsd social s usages and fashions of their own bright o n; are engaged by the proprietors of the excellent hibj and Holy Land Panorama now being ex ' te d in the Egyptian Hall, and whose intention it la th e to People, as it were , cer t a i n o f th e ir scenes with se E i s t ern personages, represente d as in t h e ac t of h tf ` n llinf; the national ceremonies of their social life. ko e troupe consists of thirteen persons —men, women, ,ehildre n —d reFse d of course, in their rich and kit in g national costumes, and fully provided with 40 'antler of domestic and ceremonial implements— alere paltry " propertie-s," but genuine and ela ft:aitelY ador ne d an d v aluable articles. The party, ''''e most part, consist of well-grown, well de aitl,Ped, and good-humoured looking men and women, ttlt- strongly defined Syrian features, but with 4 , 1 1 approach to the still purer oriental type of n '.. ; 11 , 13 . We should not be surprised if there was a r l ,"aling of Judaical blood in the group—the . I:WY-marked aquiline development of the nose of g o -4 of the men seeming to hint as much. The , 4 1 however, had none of it. An air of languor P ; In souciance agreed well with one's notions of 4; t en tal charms, but we were given to understand a cti n Rood deal of this listless look of dreaminess pro koed from i n di s position. Th e scenes o f manners and a t ; n tus represented were the most striking which oa k „ It t marriage festival. The performance too . k place Clitnall stage, and we had first the entertainment tp e 1 , 11 ,,,h3r the bridegroom and his mother to the wedding it,"". These last sat cross-legged, or crouched on 448ireally magnificently dressed, while nargillys and by of coffee little silver eggshells, were handed round thePe bridegroom's mother and attendants, while to est ° Ur musicians in a corner kept up a monotonous h it and instrumental concert (the air being similar cif n ot the same, as that which proved fatal to the g D i e llt mother of the bard), armed with a species of f lti "nr, a s or t o f ru d e c l avec i n s t ruc k w ith sticks, two wh, e , d rums, played upon in the same fashion, an 11 - ' 5 , ~e may describe as an earthenware tambourine. the party, with one of the most good-humoured tadi We have seen for many a day, explained the pro hill),,g° in naive but very respectable English. Then li t , Ikt a night procession with wax tapers; and the 144 music, bringing the veiled bride home; and 4„ ib Yt ther e was t h e mee ti ng o f . the lady with her this The better to support her, we supposed, in i llng catastrophe, she appeared mounted upon a t p t . e rful pair of pattens, six inches high, not unlike mjfb of door-scrapers, in which she advances, veiled ° gold em b ro id ere d gauze, t owar d s h er h us b an d, lier f w ith a naked sword removes the screen from the nouvelle mariee bending her head and kte a l h tl g the hand of her rightful lord and master. A dal e number of small traits of manners and ceremonies Pelf gone through must be seen to be appreciated. '[he the ~,""luance closed with a coffee house scene. Among fi te 'llsicia ns was a li t tl e h um p-backed man, with a 44, 11 4 sharp as a weasel's, and eyes like pins and t114 . : 3 ; He is a professional story-teller, and, as Ltlf a ;,! n ,c l us, had the " Arabian Nights" by heart : ne looked like a bit out of the " Arabian itle s 'a - `,. s" himself, for we could never get rid of the ky; l :.roni the first moment we saw him, that he was , 4 , -- e m i ng more or less than another revivification and b0 ti „ .7.0. the little hunchback who was choked by a U. N a L " Place upright at Ali somebody's door. Well, si4earsed, in the approved style, a portion of the toty " Prince Camaralzaman," with enormous ka,'"e and emphasis, but stopping between every , tr, e l , o f Words to levy black mail upon his auditors ott n lYs, and breaking off at an interesting part— at;e Most unoriental and most commercial fashion T h s end round, not the hat, but the turban. Ite great charm of these performances is their evi• t;, genuineness and reality. You can see in the 411P t ian-hall exactly what you might see in Aleppo I th e ,.Y r Nit. There is neither exaggeration nor at kJ' at extraneous effect. Do you wish to behold a 4th' rn en of Levantine manners and customs ? There true genuine thing before you. 41 ORTING INTELLIGENCE. Ty e EGHA.II RACES—WEDNESDAY. 4 „"gagementa yesterday showed improvements in Vespects and in the disappearance of those ob kt t i t % Clauses by which winners have hitherto been : q lll Various sums—from two sovs. upwards—towards Il h "Peas es , gave ev id ence o f a disposition on the part h ►pcommittee to pursue a liberal policy towards the ytbra of horses. With this feeling, and the increase 'l 4e ' 'Malikely to accrue from the new betting-stand, S t i: no r eason to doubt the future prosperity of the 91 4.1 The racing yesterday was not remarkable 1!:,t4,4' for severity or quantity, and the company on the notwithstanding every facility was afforded in Itl,; l l , Pe of cheap trains from Waterloo-bridge, was L tl 2, t ", le average. From the superior interest of the Ln be contested to-day a full attendance may be ptea. Sid:lnce of Wales's Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, with 20 Ba t e d; three years old, 7st 61b; tour, Sat 71b; five, por : n 2l h; six and aged, 9st 21b; the winner to be sold iftt sOvs, if demanded, and allowances if to be sold 17.1): 88 - Heats. One mile. 'Q.lf at h's Guardsman, Est Blb (501.) (G. Mann) 1 1 Fi t t ewe'a Cosachia, Bst 91b (600 (C. Knight) 2 2 ,ti t „ at heat—Even betting. Won by a neck. -511 c 1 heat-6 to son Guardsman. Won easily by 4,1 , r ig John Stakes, of 25 soya, each, 10 ft, with 50 t t", , for two years old; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies st t ' C i „bi winners extra; those by untried stallions or Ori ° I Untried mares allowed 31b, if both 51b. The l'q l er to pay 10 sore, toward expenses. T.Y.C. iliratvricke s Flirt, Bst 61b (Kitchener) 1 tireville's Greengage, Sat (llockeray) 2 4 11 t 9 : t rance's Joe Miller, Bst 41b.. (A. Day) 3 , t, tt " ll :s-2 to 1 on Flirt, who made nearly all the run-- to h u Won very easily by a length. It lewd Stakes (handicap) of 10 soya . each, 5 1 42,. 4 ` 1 Only 3 if declared, &c., with 50 added; the ik k tni to save his stake; winners of a plate or sweep },tl,", value 100 sows. after the weights are declared, il p ki tt rY 41b extra. One mile. ) 4 1kti e leock's Repletion, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (G. Abdale) 1 I t f , )i t "bY'S Joc-o'-Sot, aged, Bsi2lb (Hornsby jun.) 2 L',olrrien's Newell Girl, 5 yrs, 7st 61b...(C,11in5) 3 I"4;:tcsall's Bushranger, 4 yrs, 7st 71b...(G. Sharp) 0 ' l l 4 I,'orsfield's Simplicity, 3 yrs, 7st ('.labin) 0 p' s 'teter's Cane, 3 yrs, ist (G. Mann) 0 x,'k u •rsetta Jagellon, 3 )ri, 6at 121 b (Priest) 0 ‘t, peos's Britannia, 7st (in 41b extra) (Basham) 0 O tti ußlas's Irene, 3 yrs, Gat Blb ...(T. Sherwooo) 0 tiq f t g" - -7 to 2 agst Bushranger, 4 to 1 agst "0 1 each agst Cane and Britannia, 7to 1 agst to 1 agst Repletion' and 10 to 1 agst any other. t` 4 4 .1 1 4 rnade nearly all the running, and won in a , 'N„ five length. Irene lost Carting, and Bush 1141` 14 'SS left at the post. ih . ‘ l 4/ 1 ( n was made to the start; by Mr. Etwall's T ae ,°1 ' but overruled by the steward t, utter examining a t , liik - ter and the jockeys. 41 way Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added b y til h outh-Western Railway Company; the , winner Is (ila sold for 1001, &c. Three qivarteris of a mile. t oubs.) s Chaffinch, 2 yrs (50/.), 5s t2lb (Harding) 1 43rtiEh's Chaplet, 3 yrs (601.), 7st 11lb (Collins) 2 tt. E t a re s Preslaw, 4 yrs (501.) ..(Bar,hol , mew) 3 Iracundu, 3 yrq. (1001) (G. E. Sharp) 0 hi" Richmond's Hurry Scum , (5 , 00 (Kitchner) 0 I, l ot, ll % hhall's Tuscan, aged (50/.).......(W. Andale) 0 b il l Powell's bo by Cotherstone .......(Rickards) 0 Cosachia, aged (501), Bst 41b...(Kuight) 0 V l qti - ,., ri g's Gloom, 3 yrs (50/0, is t 31b...(Preece) 0 ° l 4"g -- 5 to 4 agst Preslaw, 3 to 1 agst Chaffinch. ttld 6 4 .'Y by a length; half a length between second Gloom a bad fourth. The winner was sold guineas. BETTING ON THE COURSE. 1 10 1 • ST. LEGER. to 2 Nat Hernandez 12 to 1. apt Hothorpe (t) tv) I Nst The Ban 12 to 1 agst Prime M ) inister a g 2 t J.Day's lot(t) (taken 1 16 to 1 agst Grecian 4 PPOINTMENTS FOR THIS DAY. qilll The Surrey and Middles( x Stakes. t ~ani the Conqueror, 4 yrs, Bat 71b—Little Jack , 4t yrs, ,, 711 3 - F,' yrs, 7st s—Anapach, 3 rs, Oft lb —1 , tals. 4t1 121 1). -- B , u rington, 4 6 yrs, 6st 2113 y -Don Pedro, 3 yrF, rt lily Little Jack and Don Pedr..) expected to A • ) 1 . NI % 10 The Magna Charts. Stakes. k ir k t , -G ' , apart 2 yrs—Diamond, 2 yrs—Dorothea, 2 Ulp u 4,Pton rua, 2 yrs—Joy, 2 yrs—Benita, 2 yrs— tr , b 4Dln e h r ,',. 2 yrs—Prestige, 3 yra—Poetess, 2yr s— ,litths”, 3 - yrs—Chaplet, 3 yrs—o by Lanercost out gns., k ° , ,Lightening—Antigone, 3 yrs —Plumt.t ead, l a lla,2:yrs—Lady Blanch, 2 yrs—Vol-au-Vent, -. '" a g e lion, 4 yrs. T%44 ittl e Queen's Plate. i t,u, 4 yrs—Bashranger,'; 4 yrs—Britannia, 3 matku) aged—Pueity, 3 yrs—Retail, 5 yrs—Docility, 5 yr!— 11 444 tc1a Amateur Stakes. 6 kte r, . 5 yrs—Bushranger , 4 yrs—Jack - in - the Yrs, )rs—Lancaster—Egis, 6 yrs—Airs. Taft, t a Egham Stakes. 4 1%-.... 4 01" 121 ,Et Doe, 4 yra—Harefoot, 3 yrs—Falco n, 4 aykzittenia, aged—H u rry scurry, 3 Th e tic wington, 4 yra—Tuscan, aged. races commence at two o'clock. As 0 DERBY RACES—WEDNESDAY. ft, alTaworth Stakes (handicap) of 10 soca. eac it h,.s e I A I 4 /1 q 3 only if declared, with 50 aided. One 4 ‘o. h alf. (22 Subs., 7of whom declared.) flr s i era Ischi a , sst 41b in. 41b extra (A.n.mall) 1:1% * 11; i f i a trr's Cloth wor k er , s yrs , Bst 41 b... (Flat man) n% Liberty, 4 yrs, 6st ( Into!,t) I "• 4l d'a Flare•up, 4 yrs, 6st 81b Mr. F. 577;. 1 .-11 `l` 7 . WriN) (1 uy a a, 41... it a is.a.d. The Chesterfield Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 added; for two yrs old; the second to save his stake. About half a mile. (14 Sube.) Mr. ridfor(i's Pepper:nil— (Marlow) 1 Mr. Pedley's Conrad (S. a' , ...6.4:ernar , ) 2 Mr. Drinkald's Grey Tommy Lord Cheideriield's fby Lauero.;st (Fl.,ttnan) 0 Hon. H. Vernon na Big Wig (Denman) 0 Mr. Stewart's Banshee (W. Sharpe) 0 Mr. E, Buekle3's Royal George (Whitehouse) 0 Mr. J. Scott's Mountain Flower Mr. T. Worthington's fby Lanercost (Osborne) 0 Won by a head. The Innkeepers' Plate ot 601. Two miles. Mr. T. Parr's Clothworker, 5 yrs, 9st 101 b (Owner) 1 Mr. Sh ' rratt's Egret, 6 yr - 2,9.5: 91b... (vk'hitehou,e) 2 Mr. Forster's Musician, 4 3 rs, Oat 41b., (Simpson) 3 Mr. Taft's fby Don John, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Charlton) 4 Won by three-parts of a length. The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 30 added; the winner to be sold by auction for 2001. or under, &e. Heats. One mile. - (5 Subs.) Mr. T. Parr's Snowdrift, (20/) (Charlton) 0 1 0 Mr. P. Wallis's Buzz f. (301) (Freuborn) 1 0 0 Mr. Ward's Show-the-way, (301) (Sharp.) 2 2 2 Mr. W. Taylor's Old Claret (301) (Osborne) 0 0 0 Won by a length. Too winner sold for 451. MANCHESTER, 1851. Acceptances for the Manchester Great Autumn Handicap. Yrs st lb Maid of Masham 6 9 01 Woolwich Alp Herbert Lady Hylda a 7 3 Oxford Blue Egret Cocktail Melody 5 6 10 Abbess of Jerveaux 4 6 8 Little George 4 6 8 Lady Eden 4 6 8 Haricot 4 6 6 Vancouver Taly 4 6 6 Ringleader The Ebor 4 6 2 Duxbury 4 6 2 Yrs st lb 3 6 0 Lou ,411 &ma 'ol6terdale ...... 3 5 12 rho Wren ...... 4 5 10 Prince Caradoc c 3 5 10 Pierre; de Tuuche 3 5 10 Gholab Singh 3 5 10 CriAstreks Unity Paquetta Eleart of Odk 3 5 5 Cheap John 3 5 0 Follow-me-Lad Rose 3 5 0 Stafford Little Fawn Once-more ITrue Blue METROPOLITAN COMMISSION of SEIVERS. Oa Tuesday morning the first General Court of Commissioners, held under the recent Act of Par liament, took place at the chief office, Greek-street, Soho. Mr. E. LAWES, the recently-appointed chairman of the Commission, said, that being the first Court of Sewers held since he had the honour of being appointed chairman, it was proper that he should formally announce that appointment to them. He would take that opportunity of stating that he should give his personal attendance at that office every day, in order that persons desirous of seeing a member of the board might communicate with him on the sub ject of their applications, whatever they might be. He would also state that the Commissioners had under their anxious consideration measures which it might be expedient to adopt for the transaction of the business of the Commission with the utmost dispatch, and they hoped to adopt such a course as would attain that object with the utmost economy and efficiency. He should also notice the facilities afforded by the new Act of Parliament by the reduction of the quorum necessary to form a court. That reduction would enable the Commissioners to hold courts in the various districts to which the busi ness referred, as the Commissioners were most anxious to adopt every course in their power with a view to the convenience of the public. It would be impossible to say more than this on the present occasion, the Act of Parliament having so recently come into operation, but the Commissioners wished to give the public every assurance that they could of their desire to do all in their power for the dispatch of business. The business paper before the Court was unusually heavy, the aggregate amount of works recommended being 6,7631. 2s. 91, including the contributions ordered to be paid by various individuals and public bodies. The following are the principal works ordered :- 300 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in Holloway-road, at a cost of 481. 15s. ; 1,280 ft. of brick sewer, 4ft. by 2ft. 6in., in Holloway-road, 665/. ; 150 ft. of brick sewer, 3ct. 9in. by 2ft. 3m., in Grove-lane, Holloway road, 561.55. ; 1,254tt of 18 -inch pipe in open ditch in the Merton-road, 261/. ; 1,356 ft. of 15 inch pipe sewer in continuation of the above, 225/. ; reservoir and overflow drain at Merton, 241 10s. ; 1,650 ft. of 15-inch pipe sewer in Church-street, Lower Tooting ; 240 fr. of 12-inch pipe sewer, ditto ; 430 ft. of 12- inch pipe sewer in the Mitcham-road, 830tt. of 12 inch pipe sewer in the Merton• road, and 580 ft. of 9- inch pipe sewer in Salvadore-place, Lower Tooting, at an aggregate cost of 5001. Works amounting in cost to 1,3121, and consisting chiefly of pipes and sewers at Greenwich and the district, were agreed to. There were also ordered to be constructed 700 ft. of 9ft. circular sewer along Victoria-road, Pimlico, at an estimated cost of 2,600/., to be defrayed by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests ; 500 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer between Wandsworth and South Lambeth-road, 60/. ; 220 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in the rear of Queen's-row, and Grove place, Kennington-green, 30/. ; 320 ft. of 12-inch pipe, with 40ft. of 16-inch branches at back of Vaux hall-road, 451. ; 2851 t. of 18-inch pipe sewer in Wandsworth-road, 701.; 320 ft. of 12-inch, and 100 ft. of 9-inch pipe sewer in Soapsuds-square, Norwood, 50/. ; 150 ft. of half-brick sewer, 3ft. 9in. by 2ft. 3in., in Britannia-street, Gray's inn -lane, 751. ; works near Bedford-lane, Clapham, 851. ; 142 ft. cf half brick sewer, 2ft. 9in. by 2ft. 3in., in Patriot street, St. George's • in- the- East, 591.; 412 ft. of 12 inch pipe in Mount Pleasant, Upper Clapton, 571.; 165 ft. of 9-inch pipe sewer in Rhodeswell-road, Limehouse, 141. 103. ; 208 ft, of camp-shedding to Earl sewer, on emergency, 701. ; 450 ft. of,- sewer, 3ft. 9in. by 2ft. 3in. in Radnor-street, St. Luke's, 1961. 16s. ; 300 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in Drury- court ; 110 ft. of 9- inch pipe in Denham-court, and 160 ft. of pipe in Pettyford-yard, 154/. ; 200 ft. of sewer, 3ft. 9in. by 2ft. 3in., and 120 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in Good man's-yard, 1001.; 110 ft. of 9-inch pipe in Essex street, Bethnal-green, 151.; 200 ft. of 12-inch, and 160 ft. of 9-inch pipe sewer, in Devonshire-street West, 38/. ; 230 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in the rear of Camberwell Collegiate school, 24/. District rates were then ordered to be prepared at threepence in the pound on the Holborn division and the Surrey and Kent districts. After hearing some objections to works ordered, the Court adjourned. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.•—On the evening of Fri day last a party of four left Dell-quay in an open boat, and rowed down the harbour to Itchenor. The party consisted of Mr. Henry Farndell, of Appledram, Mr. Apedaile, and Mr. W. Stitch, jun., of Chichester, and a pilot named James Farrow. On their return, after rowing about a mile, it was suggested by Farrow (a breeze having sprung up) that they should hoist sail; and as he was adjusting the mast for that purpose, standing on the thwart, his foot slipped as he still held by the mast, and being a stout man, his weight cap szed the boat, precipitating the whole party into the water. Mr. Stitch and Mr. Farndell soon swam to shallow water; but their great difficulty was the mud, which they had to wade through for about one hundred yards. By almost un paralleled exertion they at length succeeded in reaching the 13osham shore. Mr. Apedaile dun , to the boat for nearly an hour. Messrs. Stitch and Farndell having, in the mean time, hailed Silvester, of Itchenor, who most providentially was dropping down the harbour with the tide; the assistance came just in time to save him, es, to use his own words, " he could not have held on two minutes longer." Poor Farrow had sunk to rise no more, and we regret to add that he has left a widow and three small children. Had it not been for the extraordinary exertion of Mr. Stitch, the others must have all perished. An inquest was held on Farrow the fol lowing day, at Itchenor, and a verdict of" Accidental Death" was returned. Farrow, at the risk of his life, has cften been the means of rescuing some of our own citizens from the treacherous element when bathing at that dangerous place, Dell-quay, and we trust that the poor widow and helpless orphans will not now be forgotten by a generous public. — Brighton. Guardian. DEATH BY FALLING OVER A PRECIPICE.-A man named James Nicholl, a cooper, betwixt 40 and 50 years of age, lost his life in a very sudden and awful manner on Thursday last in the parish of Cannonby. The unfortunate man lived at Limydeuch, and was in the habit of working occasionally in the garden attached to the Crosskeys Inn, in the same parish. lie bad b een there on Thursda y , and kr. Glendinning, the landlord, spoke to him about five in the afternoon, when it was supposed he went away home. Next morning a brother of the deceased called at the inn, and stated that James had not returned on the preceding even ing. An alarm was then given, and almost immediately one of the servants descried his body lying in the river Esk, at a place called Priorspool, whence it was removed in a cart to Limyclitich. It appears that the garden is situated near the top of a precipitous bank, about 60 feet high, below which the Esk flows, and that the unfortunate man had after finishing his work gone beyond the garden to a dan gerous spot over-hanging the river in search of eggs, which were occasionally found there. In making his search he had slipped and fallen over, as was evident from the footmarks and torn shrubs which he had vainly grasped in his descent. The body was scarcely covered by the water, which was only a foot deep at the spot where it fell. The head was severely contused, and in or e hand a branch of broom was convulsively grasped. Nicholl was an unmarried man. — Dumfries Courier. THE INTERNATIONAL JURORS AND AWARDS BREACH OF FAITH.--The first incident that occurred to us when we reached Paris the other day caused us some an noyance. Every juror for the Great Exhibition, when he accepted his office, signed a solemn declaration to the effect that he would keep secret all the awards made by the juries until these were officially announced by the Commissioners. Our astonishment, then, may be guessed when we found men on all the boulevards of Paris selling, fur a sous, a list of the French exhibitors to whom great medals had been awarded ! According to this paper, fifty-five great medals have been obtained for France • and in it the appropriation of thirty-eight of these, with the names of thirty-one reci pients, is given. The publication of this information, it will be seen, implies a breach of faith, not on the part of one juror alone, but of many, and shows the little importance they attached to their deliberate pledge. Their apologists will say, secresy is constitutionally impossible with Frenchmen : they must talk:—primed with intelligence, they must either burst or " blow." For our own parts we look upon the matter as a breach of faith which deserves the severest reprehension. rt . ,"? r TAT DROPS OF WATER. By _Agnes Catiow: A most useful and interesting work to di thoSe who take pleasure in hecoming acqw.inted with the wonders of nature. It treats of "the marvellcu and beautiful inhabitants" of drops of water. It is illw-trated by severA beautifully coloured plates, which convey a good idea of the creatures they repreicm. The volume belongs to Reeve and I.3Juhaul's ex ci lent set of scientific works. THE EQUESTRIAN MANUAL. By S. C. Waste. In this work the author has undertaken the by no means easy task of instructing theoreticaPy an art which can only be perfectly acquired by long practice. He seems to be fully aware of the difficulty of the un dertaking ; but, although he objects to the pupil restricting himself entirely to the riding-:.choral, he adheres with professional partiality to the advan tages derived from the first class riding master i;.; preference to the inferior or amateur teacher. 11.1 r. Waste has commenced with a somewhat long, but by no means uninteresting, history of the horse, and of hip first adaptation to the use of won in different countiies, and the various ways in which he was employed. There are a variety of amusing anecdotes to be found throughout the book, of which the following is a sample:— " The Persians are great admirers of horsemanship, and a bad rider affords them in.finite aratriment. An officer of one of the English frig ates having gone ashore !o visit the envoy, and being mounted on a very spirited horse and a very bad rider, caused great entertainment to the Persian populace by his t , ad horsemanship. The next day the man who supplied the ship with vegetables, who spebe a little English, met him on board and said, Do7i't be ashamed, Sir, nobody knows you bad rider, I tell them you like all English ride well, but that time they see you very drunk.' We were much amused at this conception of our national c haracter. The Persian thought it would have been a reproach for a man of a warlike nation not to ride well, but none for an Euro pean to get drunk." Notwithstanding that the book is spun out to an unnecessary length, whether in giving instruction or advice to the pupil, or in exp.osing the frauds and knavery of the dealer, the attention of the reader is never suffered to flag, and the work is worthy of the perusal of those who take an interest in its subject, whether for instruction or amtteement. PHYSICIAN AND PATIENT. By Edward Bentley, M.D., from a tear by William Booker, This is an abridged edition of a work by W. Hooker, in which Mr. Bentley endeavours to present to the reader, in a condensed form, the principal and most interesting portions of Mr. Hooker's more volu minous work, by leaving out certain chapters and ex tracting the most interesting portions of others, which from their length and prolixity would prove tedious to the general reader. A grea i; feature in this work is its endeavour to expose quackery, both in the profession and with the pat4ent medicine vendors. Amongst others, Homeopathy comes in for its full share of censorship, the account of the origin of which, as given by the author, may not prove unin teresting :—" Habneman, the founder of the homeopa thic system, was born at Meiss on, in Saxony, in the year 1775. A t the age of twenty he went to Leipsic, and while pursuing his education be supported him self chiefly by translating EngEtsh works of medicine. After taking his degree, instead ,f practising medicine, he gained his livelihood by translating books, and contributed to various scientific journals. In 1790 he first broached the idea which is the great principle of his system, and which was t o overturn all other medical practice. In 1796 he published his first paper on the subject of homcepa. thy ; in 1805 his first work. He died a few years since at Paris at an advanced age, having lived to see his system very extensively adopted." The tourit een chapters to which this book is confined treat reap.-ctively of the duties of physiciens, patients, and theii• friends, end contain many useful directions to them all ; and the author comments without bias on the fa:ults of all. HISTOIRE DE FRANCE.. Par Messrs. Mon. tare,•is and Mag,eur. A concise and instructive his, tory of France, con taining much information in a s i.nall coicp3ss. It i 5 clearly written, and is furnished with notes fur its translation into English. It l?/ill thus attl.,:.in the double object of instruction in French history and English translation, and is especi. ally deserving of the notice of schools. LIGHTS and SHADES of IRELAND. By Asenath Nicholson. This volume is divided into th me parts :-1. Early History ; 2. Saints, Kings, and Poets of the Early Agea ; and, 3. The Famine, 184-7-8-9. The account of the sufferings of the poor the late famine is mournful and full of horrors; while the cruelties thnt took place in the reign of 'Queen Elizabeth do not add much to her fame. The re is much informa tion to be obtained from it, not o nly of the early his tory of Ireland, but of its latter state and fortunes. Its kings, chief towns, and vaa ions classes are all described. TIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY Tlll2 1101 7 AL PROGRESS TO SCOTIA.:','D rani TIlk: MORNING PAPERS. DONCASTER.—The annual excursion which the gIL-,n makes about this time of the year is al way s seized upon by the people as an occasion for manifest ing it loyalty, nor does the repetition of the oc currence at all detract from the interest with which it is regarded by her subjects. There were certainly more persons assembled yester3ay along the route to the Great Northern station than usual on the Qaeen's progress. The New-road having been closed against the royal carriages, in consequence of the badness of tLe roadway, and ray order of the Pancras vestry, which certainly evinced more parsimony than loyalty on the occasion, the carriages proceeded by the course indicated in our impression of Tuesday, making a slight detour, and passing through Bedford and Rus sell-squares along Sidmouth-street, into the Gray's inn-road and Constitution-row, to King's.cross. Toe pathways were crowded, and most of the win dcws occupied the whole way. The Queen, who arrived, as will be seen by the Court Circular, from o,,!_iurne in the morning, left Buckingham Palace at half- past one o'clock. The cortege, consisting of four catriaves, was escorted by a troop of Hussars and proceeded very rapidly from the Palace, arriving at the King's cress station at 1 50. The train for her Majesty, which was very handsomely appointed, all the carriages having been made for the occasion, and those intended for the Queen and the Prince of Wales being distinguished by simplicity united with rich ness and good taste in the internal decorations, was drawn up by the platform, which was covered with purple cloth. The Great Northern Company had erected two platforms, and had prepared compart ments for the accommodation of ladies and gentle men who had tickets of admission, and these were tolerably full when the Queen arrived. The train started a few minutes before two o'clock, amid the cheers of those collected in and around the station, and proceeded at a speed of some thirty miles an hour on its journey. At Hitchin, which was reached at 2 43, the engine halted for water. The station was decorated with flags, evergreens, and flowers, and was thronged as full as it could hold with gentlemen, ladies, men, women, and children. Theillergymen of the district were in attendance, and the line was kept by some soldiers on a recruiting party. All the approaches to the station and the points com manding a view of the train were occupied by the inhabitants. In default of cannon, bands, or other noisy manifestations of loyalty, the people hit upon a pretty method of showing it by singing " God save the Queen," led by the sweet voices of some children. The train started in a few minutes, and was soon dashing along the level but well cultivated land cf Hertford. As her Majesty had never been in this part of the country before, great anxiety was evinced to see her. Frequent groups collected at the small stations, at the bridges, and vario us points along the line, and when the carriage came in sight, with the royal standard hoisted, the people might be seen dot ting the fields, as they ran along over the swathes of fresh cut corn, or tripped across the hedges in their race for a good glimpse. Occasionally a stout old squire came rattling along on a good hunter, with sons and daughters all mounted, and drew up by the line cheering lustily. All the schools for miles round must Intve been present, and wonderful ingenuity was displayed in combining gaily-coloured handkerchiefs so as to pass muster for flags and banners. Gains borough would have feasted his eyes on many a bit of rustic life, which the passengers in the royal train might just gat a sight of ere it vanished for ever—old gleaners with grotesque bonnets waving a handful of corn ears, children running down some shady lane or balanced on a gate in the full swing of good spirits and juvenile loyalty, and such groupings of human end animal life as are to be met with rarely out of a purely agricultural county. Biggleswade was passed at 341 in a hurry, much to the disappointment, no doubt, of the persons as sembled at the station, and of a number of children, who waved an infinity of yellow and blue flags very enthusiastically with a very nice effect. BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Her Majesty and party arrived at Boston this after noon at 4 30. Lord John Russell presented the Mayor to the Queen. The Royal party stopped only .Aix or seven minutes at the station. Great crowds of et,-,fors were on the platform and along the line to give her Majesty a hearty welcome, which she re turned most pleasantly. The following address was presented : " TO HER NOST GRACIotS MAJESTY VICTORIA, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, &C. " The loyal tncl dutiful Address of the Mayor, Alder men, and Burgesses of the borough of Boston, in the county of Lincoln, presented to her Majesty at tile said borough by the Mayor on the occasion of her Najesty passing through Boston, en rode to the north part of her Majesty's dominions. Most Gracious Sovereign,—ln approaching your Majesty's most Royal presence, we desire to express our unfeigned thankfulness to Divine Providence, br whose all-wise direction this empire is blessed with a Queen whose life is unceasingly devoted to the welfara of hor Majesty's subjects, and under whose divine ant benig nant reign this country enjoys the blessings of peace, civil and religious liberty, and by whom, united with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, your Majesty's Royal Consort, the arts and manufactures of:this kingdom are munificently patronized, end in whose domestic virtues and devotedness to the religious, moral, and social ele vation of the people, an example is placed before the Court, the country, and the world in the highest degree important and beneficial. "We fervently pray that the blessings of :Rim by whom monarchs reign may for many years be voichsafed to your Majesty, Royal Consort, and children, :aid that, continuing to reign over a loyal, prosperous, and happy people, your Majesty may, at some distant pericil, when celled to lay down an earthly crown, receive a diadem which shall never fade away. celestial " Given under the corporation seal of the borough this 27th of August, 1851." DONCASIER. This morning the weather was anything tat pro mising, and showers kept falling at intervals. Pre parations were made at the railway station for the ac commodation of the Queen and suite. Amongst these was an awning at the entrance. Inside the station the platforms, and that part of the floor on w Lich her Majesty would proceed, were covered with scarlet cloth. The iron pillars at the sides were decorated with wreaths of evergreens and flowers, and other de corations were added in different places. Several ad- ditional policemen arrived from different part's of the line, and about sixty special constables were s viorn in to attend at and about the station. About t welve a party of the 85th regiment of infantry arrived from Hull, with the band, and marched into till town, when they proceeded at once to the Guildhall, fitted up for th;tri as a large barrack-room. Lord C,.athcat and his aloe-de- camp, Capt. Warre, were at the sta tion on the arrival of the troops—the military being under hii Lordship's command. • WEDNESDAY NIGEIT, 9 O'CLOCK. Precisely athalf-past six this evening, afoot' a pilot engine had passed the station, the train conveying her Majesty and the Royal Family arrived at the , station. Her Majesty was attended by Lord J. Russell, the lion. Colonel Phipps, Colonel Gordon ' and several others. The train was driven by Mr. Sturriii!k, the head of the locomotive department of the r ailway. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were hande d from the royal carriage by Edward Denison, Esq.., M.P., who, along with several directors, had come a n a car riage throughout the entire journey from town a. Im mediately on alighting her Majesty and Prim) e Albert were presented with addresses from the coirporation and inhabitants of the borough. Her Majesty, on alighting, stopped to spitak a few words to Sir Charles Wood, the Chancelli. 3r of the hxchequer, who was standing on the plat form, as were also L ord. Cathcart in full regimentals, att.( mded by two aides. de-camp. The band of the IstWest 7t/ - orkshire yeomanry Cavalry was stationed at the opp.t 'site side of the platform, and played the Nationah Anthem on the arrival, of the royal train. On pr eceeding through the station, which was beautifully E iecorated with flowers and evergreens, the royal part r entered the carriages, and proceeded to the town, a midst the l ou d plaudits of thousands of spectators, evinced their delight in a variety of ways, such as. cheering, waving of bats and hanukerchiefs, &c. On reaching the National School, the children, who i 'ere on a platform, sang " God save the Queen," an d thus her Majesty passed, the " admired of all admir a rs," to the Angel Hotel, where a guard of honour, cc n isisting of the soldiers of the 85th infantry, were wait ing to re ceive the royal party. The loyalty of the thousands who lined the streets on each side, and w'm ) filled all the windows on the entire route was b eyond all bounds, and must have convinced her Majesty that the loyalty of the good people of Doncaster has in no wise abated. In the evening the Mansion-house, Guilsl'hall, and several of the residences of the profession; a men and tradesmen were brilliantly illuminated. The devices at the Mansion-house consisted of the corporat is 1.1 arms— a castle, with the motto " Son comfort 'et Siesse," a crown and the letters V. A." On th a Guildhall was a crown on the pediment, and undE n aeath the word Welcome," and "V. A." on at ch wing. This was immediately opposite the An g5l Hotel, and had an imposing appearance. The other de vices in the town were generally of a teal ;eful cha racter. In the evening, a dinner was given by GE rge John son, Eog., Mayor, to a party of about 150 g entlemen, among-e; whom were Mr. Denison, M.P., the chair. trail, and several directors of the Great Norther' Railway. The dinner took place in the be sr quetting. room of the Mansion-house. The proceedings of the day terminated with a grand display of fireworks in a field at t he south end of the town, at which thousands of pens ons were present. Her Majesty and suite will leave DoncasZ'e rat nine in the morning, brriving at Edinburgh in th e after noon, according to the time table already pa Wished. The same proae:,sion will accompany her DIA jesty to A TRIP TO MICXICO. An amusing volume of " Recollections of a Ten Months' Ramble in 1849.50 '." It is interesting in its details and in its accov Lnts of the localities which it describes. There is every description of information connected with the :scenes and characters of the various tribes and classes to be obtained in it, and it will be very profitable str tdy for those travel lers who purpose visiting the ne'w world. IMPRESSIONS OF A WANDERER. By J. Trollope.. This volume consists of letters written at various times in the course of wanderings in Italy, Switzer land; France and Spain. It describes Rome during public rejoicings, and contains z nany remarks on its new constitution. It treats .of Venice during a Congress, and speaks of her palace of the doges ; from thence to the cantons in S witzerland, and gives an account of the Jesuits and this proceedings of their infatuated devotees. The last !scenes are in Spain; there we have visits to battle-fields famed in story, descriptions of Basque dancers, accounts of monas teries, &c. It is a very entertal ning book, and fur nishes instruction concerning ma ny lands. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The sale of season tickets yesto rday produced 51. 10s., and the receipts at the doors 1,89 '6l, ls., making a total of 1,9011. lle. The police returns showed the number of persons who entered to be 38,228. The mean tem perature of the atmosphere, according to Mr. Bennett's thermometers, was 66.2. IMPORTANT TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS, CON FECTIONERS, AND OTHERS. —Two questions of considerable importance to licensed victuallers and others came under the consideration of the Bath magistrates at their annual licensing meeting on Tuesday. The first was, whether a restriction ought not to be placed upon the number of li censes granted, which also elicii:ed a discussion upon the beer-shop question ; and the second was one which, for two or three years past, has been brought before the same bench, and each time hitherto decided in the negative, namely, shall licenses for the sale of wines and spirits be granted to con fectioners. Mr. Oakley, the chief of police, and several of the magistrates having expressed their opinions that there were already more publie-houses in the city than the con venience of the public required, and also . that the present beer-house system was a g r eat mad almost unmixed evil, and called for some efficient remedy on the part of the Legisla ture, it was resolved unanimously to refuse the whole of the applications made for spirit licenses by the beer-house krepers. The question of granting licenses to confectioners' was renewed upon the application. of Mr. Forth, confectioner, of Milsom-street ; and the magisf.rates, after hearing state ments in support of and opposition to the application, decided on granting the license, and they intimated at the same time that if any improper advantage vas taken of the privilege it would be withheld next year. EXHIBITION OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICUL TURE.—CHESTER, AUG. 26.-23 otwithstanding the violent gale of Sunday last, which did considerable damage to many of the subjects intended for exhibition to-day, and the un propitious state of the weather throughout this forenoon, the attendance of visitors and exhibitors in the beautiful grounds of Tarvin Hall, about five miles from hence, was highly re spectable and comparatively numerous. The announcement for many weeks past of this exposition of the products of the field, the garden, the poultry yard, and the cottage, to gether with agricultural and horticultural implements, and whatever is useful and ornamenta l in the cultivation of the land, had created quite a sensation, not only in Cheshire and Lancashire, but also in more remote parts of the kingdom ; and the various railways from the principality, as well as the English lines, brought their several quota of visitora to Chester throughout the day. This being the first of the three days fete, the judges and jurors for the several classes were appointed. The exhibition was especially patronised by the Earls of Derby, Sefton, and Grosvenor, Viscount 'Hill, Sir P. De Malpas Grey Egerton, M.P., Sir Richard Brookes, of Norton Abbey, Sir Edward alker Mr. Tollemache, M.P., Mr. G. Cornewall Legh, M.P., Mr. i r ocklehurst, M.P., Mr. Duncuft, M.P., and a great number of other noblemen and gentlemen of the adjacent counties. For the successful ex hibitors in the several divisions, a variety of prizes, consist ing of gold, silver, and bronze medals, with certificates of merit, were liberally placed at the disposal of the judges in the various sections; but, owing to the ungenial state of the weather, and unlooked-for delay in the delivery of some of the exhibitors' cases from the railway, it was deemed advisable to postpone the adjudication until to-morrow. FRUITS OF MORMONISM.--A __correspondent of a contemporary, writing from Ohio (U. S.) says—" On our way to and from the convention, we were compelled to spend part of two days at Detroit, Michigan. At the time we were there, two very important criminal trials were going on in that city, one in the circuit court of the United States, and the other in the supreme court of the State. In the former, one Strong, a Mormon prophet, with a large number of his subjects, were being tried for such crimes as the follow ing : —lnterrupting , forcibly, the United States mail; passing counterfeit money, and murder. For want of proof, they were finally acquitted. Soon after the death of Smith, the founder of the sect, this Strong gaveout that the prophet had visibly appeared to him, and formally constituted him his (Smith's) successor. By this means Strong drew after him several thousands of " the Latter-day Saints," and settled them on Beaver Island, in one of the upper lakes. Just before his arrest his followers had formally crowned him as supreme so vereign of the world, and as God's vicegerent on earth ; swearing not only absolute subjection to him, bat, by so lemn oath, dissolving all allegiance to all other earthly " principalities, potentates, powers, and governments of every I kind." EVENING, the station as this afternoon. Iteuded the ro.);11 p:a:y from thence, COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Ai -I,ert, with the Prince cf Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, attended by the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Colonel the lion. C. B. Phipps, Lord Alfred Pager, and Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. A. Gordon, arrived at Buckingham Palace yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock, from Osborne, Isle of Wight. The royal party left Osborne ac a quarter to nine o'clock, and crossed in the royal yacht Fairy to Gus port, where a special train was in readiness to start for the Nine Eitns station of the South-Western Rail way. On reaching the station the royal party en tered four of the Queen's carriages, and proceeded to the Palace, escorted by a detachment of Hussars. ~T he Queen and Prince Albert were received, on alighting from their carriage, by the Vice-Chamber lain and Major-General Wemyss. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Hermann of Saxe Weimar visited her Mejesty yes terday, at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Altred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, attended by Lord John Russell, the Countess of Desart, the Honourable Beatrice Byng, Colonel the Honourable C. B. Phipps, and Lieute nant-Colonel the lion. A. Gordon, left Buckingham Palace at half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon for the terminus of the Great Northern Railway at King's-cross. The royal party occupied four of the Queen's carriages, and were escorted to the terminus by a detachment of Hussars. Sir James Clark joined the royal suite at the sta tion. A special train was in waiting to convey the august party to Doncaster. OSBORNE, AUGST 27. Yesterday was the birthday of his Royal High. ness Prince Albert, but the weather was so inclement as to preclude any of the Royal Family from leaving the mansion. _ _ The band of the Royal Marines performed a matinee in honour of the day, of the following pieces : The Prince's Hymn .. ...... ....... .. Selection, " Bohemian Girl" ....... Balfe. Finale, "Fidelio" Aria, " Les Huguenots" . The band also performed a number of select pieces in the middle of the day. The only additions to the Royal dinner party were Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps. The band of the Royal Marines were in attendance during the dinner, and performed the following selection : The Wedding March Overture, " Les Diamans de la Cou ronne" Auber. Duetto, " Tancredi".. ............ Rossini. Cavatina, " Lucrezia Borgia" Scena and Aria, " Nino" ••• • • Verdi. A deputation from Bethnal-green, on the subject of nuisances in that parish, had an interview yester day with the General Board of Health, at their offices Whitehall. The deputation consisted of the Rev. J. B. Anated, and Messrs. White and Z. Cornwell. GRAND , BANQUET TO ROBERT STEPHENSON, ESQ., M.P. BANGOR, AUGUST 27.—The ovation which has this day been accorded to our eminent and justly celebrated engineer has proved one of the grandest affairs that the counties of Caernarvon and Flint, or the Isle of Anglesea, have witnessed for many a long year. It was understood that Mr. Stephenson, who arrived here last evening, was to "drive the last rivet" in the Britannia Tubular-bridge to-day; but whether the report were used figuratively in refer ence to the banquet, or literally, because one of the bolts, about 60 yards from the Caernarvon side, re mains to be driven " home" some two inches, an ope ration which it has been reserved for Mr. Stephenson to accomplish, we are unable to say. Certain it is, however, that, at a very early hour, vast crowds had assembled near the Tubular-bridge, in the expectation of witnessing that interesting ceremony. The ham mer was awaiting the Honourable Gentleman, and the officers were in expectation of his arrival, but after a considerable delay public impatience became ex hausted, and the majority crossed the Straits, under the direction of guides, either directly through the tube, or upon its summit, the latter proving a perilous operation to many who, having attained as far as the Caernarvon Tower, were compelled to retrace their steps, owing to the stiff breeze that was then blowing, and seek the safer route. Passing from the Caernar von side to the centre, or Britannia Tower, the noble mansion of the Marquis of Anglesea, and the summer residence of Admiral Sir James Gordon, were full in view. The elegant craft in the Menai Straits, deco rated for the occasion with flags, and the steamers in full sail far beneath, all formed a coup di ail difficult to describe. Having at length reached the Anglesea side, the visitors walked about two miles to the Menai Suspension-bridge. About half a mile from this the George Hotel is situated, the grounds of which, on this occasion, have been fitted up with a very magnificent pavilion, capable of accommodating upwards of five hundred guests. The interior of this gigantic tent was entirely lined with cerise and white muslin ; the roof, about thirty feet high, arranged into a beautiful network, with festoons at intervals, and fan-shaped brackets at the sides. THE BANQUET. The company, amounting to upwards of 350 gentle men, assembled in the large coffee-room of the George Hotel at five o'clock; the ladies were at once conducted to their seats in the north galleries, and during the evening partook of refreshments in the adjacent rooms. Shortly before six, dinner was announced, when the Hon. Colonel Pennant, M.P., chairman, accompanied by Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., the guest of the day, proceeded to the dais, accompanied by the vice-presidents, viz., Lord George Paget, M.P. ; the Hon. E. Lloyd Mostyn, M.P.; Sir R. B. W. Bulkeley, Bart., M.P.; 'Sir Watkin William Wynne, Bart., M.P. ; Sir John Hanmer, Bart., M.P.; W. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P. ; H. W. Wynne, Esq., M.P.; T. R. West, Esq., M.P.; J. Williams, Esq., M.P., High Sheriff of the county of Carnarvon ; and T. Owens, Esq., High Sheriff of the county of Anglesea. Mr. Paxton and Mr. Brassey were also among the guests. On the removal of the cloth, the Hon. Chairman proposed the first toast, " Her Most Gracious Ma jesty the Queen," which was received with the greatest enthusiasm, followed by the National An them. A very pretty effect was produced at this juncture by a royal salute fired from the Fairy yacht, moored in the Straits below the Pavilion. The Hon. CHAIRMAN next proposed the healths of " Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales (Tywysyg Cymru), and the rest of the Royal Family, which was enthusiastically received, and followed by a national air on the harp by Mr. Richard Roberts. The "Army and Navy," followed by the air " Rule Britannia," was acknowledged. " The Bishops and Clergy of the Diocese" was next proposed from the chair. Glee—" Lightly tread, 'tis hallowed ground." The Very Rev. the Dean of BANGOR replied in a felicitous speech, which elicited much applause. The CHAIRMAN, calling upon the company to fill their glasses, said he had now to propose to them the toast of the day, " Their distinguished guest, Robert Stephenson, Esq." In an eloquent address the chair man set forth the claims of Mr. Stephenson to their respect and admiration, and concluded by proposing that gentleman's health with nine times nine British cheers. These were given by the company with a hearty demonstration of respect, and another salute was fired from the Fairy. After a song by Mr. Ryall, written for the occa sion, the Hon. Gentleman rose to reply, and was re ceived with most enthusiastic cheers. He said that he sincerely thanked those present for the unequivocal expression of their feelings towards him. It was true that enormous difficulties had been overcome in the construction of the Britannia -bridge, in the sur mounting of which he owed much to his friend and valued assistant, Mr. Edwin Clarke, whose excellent work was well known in all quarters where engineer ing skill could be appreciated. The Chester and Holyhead Railway would form one of the most im portant links in the empire, all of which were due to that invaluable mineral, iron ; of which a Copenhagen professor had lately, in his presence, ingeniously il lustrated the inestimable value. After some addi tional observations, the Hon. Gentleman concluded by proposing the health of the chairman, which was re ceived with great cheering. The following toasts remained to be proposed when our message was dispatched :—" The memory of the illustrious Telford" (in solemn silence), Sir John Hay Williams to propose " The House of Commons;" reply by W. Hughes, Esq., M.P. "The Lord Lieu tenant of the Principality ;" reply by Sir R. W. Bulkeley, Bat., M.P. The Hon. Lloyd Ivlos . tyr . ), M.P., to propose "The High Sheriff of the Pr!nci panty ;" reply by Sir W. W. Wynn. " Th „ e Dtrec tors of the Chester and Holyhead Railway; reply by Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P. " The Vice-Presidents ;" . reply by Hon. E. L. M o styn, M.P. " The contractors of the 'Chester and Holyhead Railway Company ;" reply by E. L. Betts , E s q . "The Electric.. Telegraph Company ;" re ply by J. L. Ricardo, Esq,, my. " Th e "The Committee;" reply by Mr. Pritchard. " Success to the Bangor and Caernarvon Railway ;" reply by G. W. Munt, Esq, The Britannia and Conway Tubular-bridges, the succes sful completion of which has led t o the cele bration shortly detailed above, were no doubt as they no w stand the fruits of certain restrictions imposed by the Admiralty board on the engineer. The Britennia bridge in the neighbourhood of which the festivities AUGUST 28 1851.,._ have tala n place, in honour of the successful achieve • i meats of the most intrinsic and gigantic task ever presented to modern engineer, has given an impetus to science, such as has been rarely felt. In throwing a line of communication across the Straits, the first difficulty which presented itself was that in the coa struction of the bridge no obstacle should be offered to the usual navigation, thus preventing the use of cen terings, &c., generally adopted by engineers in the construction of arches. The first design, therefore, was a bridge consisting of two cast-iron arches of 350 feet span each, the centre pier resting on the Britannia Rock, which lies exactly in the middle of the Straits, and which is the chief reason why that particular site was chosen f o r cross i ng ; ce nterings being out of the question, it was intended to erect the arches on a plan adopted som e y ears s i n ce by Sir Isambart Brune!, in the construction of brick arches without centerings; in the case of the Britannia -bridge, it was proposed to place th e vousso i rs on e ach side of the pier simultaneously, and tie them together, the arches gradually spreading out like wings on each side of the pier, keeping each other in equilibrium. The same thing would have gone on from the abut ments, until the arches bad been joined at the apex. These designs were presented to the Board of Admi ralty for their approval, but they did not mee t t h e i r requirements. The conditions imposed on Mr. Ste phenson were, to maintain a clear space of 103 feet throughout two spans of 450 feet each, the pier on the Britannia Rock not to be more than 50 feet square a t the base, because according to the Admiralty not only was there to be sufficient heights allowed for ships' masts to pass, but the structure mus t be limited in certain parts, to interfere as little as possible with the effects of the wind. Mr. Stephenson's real difficul ties had, indeed, now commenced ; the suspe nsion principle was thought of, but the tendency of the platform to undulation by the weight of the trai ns was a serious objection. It was then proposed to stiffen the platform by means of boiler plate rivatted together ; the idea gradually developed itself until the bridge assumed the form of a huge wrought-iron tube of sufficient size to allow of the passage of trains through it, having chains on each side to act as auxi liaries ; in fact, the L tube was supposed to be like a huge beam, the top and bottom of which acted like the top and bottom of any girder, that is, the top sub ject to compression and the bottom to extension; here Mr. Stephenson set Messrs. Fairbairn and Hodgkinson to institute experiments on the strength of tubular structures. Mr. Stephenson at first thought that a cir cular form would he the most suitable; but in the course of experiments the rectangular form was found the strongest. It was also found that a rectangular beam could be made sufficiently strong, and of the neces sary length, without requiring the assistance of chains ; the top and bottom of the tubes, upon which depended their strength, were composed of series of cells ; in the course of experiment also it was found that wrought iron could not resist compression so well as extension ; there are, therefore, eight rectangular cells in the top and six in the bottom of the tubes. Mr. Stephenson wished to have chains, which would allow of the tubes being erected in their permanent posi tion. It was known that Mr. Stephenson was averse to floating the tubes. Mr. Edwin Clarke, however, proposed a feasible plan of raising the tubes, Mr. Stephenson's floating scruples were overcome, and it was decided to erect the tubes for the large span on shore, to float them to the base of the piers, and raise them to their permanent height by means of hydraulic presses. The land tubes were erected in their present position on scaffolding. This bridge, therefore, has two cen tral spans of 460 feet each, and two of 250 feet. All these were ultimately joined together when in their respective places. The same spot in which were wit nessed the first formation, floating, and completion of this wonderful bridge, has been rendered finally cele brated by the due glorification of its originator and completer, Mr. Robert Stephenson. MR. TYRWHITT, THE MAGISTRATE; THOMAS LEDGER, THE SCHOOLMASTER; AN!) THE LITTLE BOY, PHILLIP WHEATON," WHOSE BACK WAS BARED IN COURT, AND EXHI BITED FROM THIRTY TO FORTY BLACK AND BLUE &LARKS." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—lf I write incoherently, let your readers at tribute it to the indignation with which I seize the pen to send you a few hurried remarks on the above brutal case and brutal judicial treatment of it, as re- ported in your paper of last evening : " A little boy snapped his fingers in school hours, and for so doing the master gave him two cuts across the hand, and afterwards, when no one was present, caned him till the weapon split. He then got another cane, and held the face of the boy downwards by putting his foot upon him, and flogged him thus till a gentleman heard his screams, when the little boy was permitted to crawl away." Sir, in the name of common humanity, such half butchery of little boys ought to call down the execra tion of every man who was once a boy. In the name of Christianity, of his religion who said, " Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven," such barbarous attacks upon God's own pure and tender workmanship ought to arouse the loudest remonstrance from all hearts that beat in unison with the gentle Nazarene's, or who possess one spark ofjealousy for " God's own image." Bat, Sir, it is not the brute who beat the boy, it is not the accursed case itself, on which I would bestow now one single word; it is the magistrate whose ear I claim, it is he that I would address through your pages. Is Mr. Tyrwhitt not aware that his cruel and antiquated barbarism has been long exploded from every system of education enlightened by moral philosophy and experience, and adopted under the guidance and graces of a Divine religion ? Is the bench, Sir, the place from which 4 to pronounce notions on education which have long been condemned by religion, philosophy, and common sense ? Take Mr. Tyrwhitt's remarks seriatim, and they begin and end in absurdity and cruelty. But your pages will not allow me to more than enumerate them. Firstly. He tells the parents that " no great harm has been done to their child !" Is the man that says this a father f If he be, and his own child " crawls" home some night escaped from the highwayman's cudgel with forty black bruises on his back, will he repeat the inhuman words, " no harm is done ?" But, Sir, he must be better acquainted not only with our physical system but with our moral nature, and our being's end and aim, than he evidently is, before he can be capable of understand ing what harm has been done. I will leave medical men to say what internal injuries have been caused, or how lasting in its effects is an injured vertebrae, or what shock to a nervous temperament• may have been produced. But I can say myself imagine a far more serious harm inflicted on the mind, the memory, the affections. Into these things Mr. 'Tyrwhitt is in capable of entering' , or of understanding, for he was brought up (aceoveling to his own acknowledgement) under the disadvantages of the truel find inhumanizing system. Had ‘he possessed 'the advantages of a good education, had the heart's natural sympathies not have been stunted or destroyed by the mode in which he was brought up, he would have felt what a " harm," what a foul blot on the mind and affections of a child bad been perpetrated by such cruelty, associated with the aged, such oppression with the preceptor, such pain and suffering with learning and a school. Ile goes on to say that, " far heavier punishments were inflicted in the school wherein he was brought up." The very strongest argument, Sir, that could possibly be used against such punishment, if we judge by the best of all tests—is the consequences. But he further tells us that he has seen it inflicted on those who are our nobles and naval and military officers, wbo took it manfully and in good part, and that the punishment was necessary to keep up the dignity of the establishment. Does Mr. Tyrwhitt think that such twaddling sophistry will really be received as anything but nonsense, or treated with anything but scorn ? The punishment in those cases was either deserved or not. If deserved, it only evi dences the badness of an educational system that did not better train the boys, and preserve them from such deserts. If undeserved, it shows that the boys must have been made cowards who did not resist the injustice, and must have possessed little sense of real dignity or manliness to think that the dignity of an establishment could be upholden by oppression. But this sapient judge goes on to recommend that " all schoolmasters should have painted in the school room rules for modes and extent of punishment for offences, t o which all parents should consent." •Really, Sir, are not such ideas of offences and punish ments too monstrously ignorant and absurd for com ment? No difference to be made for the age of a c hild, its previous training, and knowledge of right and wrong, good and evil; no difference for acci dent or design; no careful investigation whether the deed result from good or bad motive, or from no mo tive at all; but for each offence u certain cruel pu nishment. The inkstand fell—it matters not whether from the feeble hand of an infant or dashed from the fist of an angv youth. The slate was broken, but it matters not whether it was broken by the little phi losopher trying the resisting power of the blue stone, or by the pugilist pummelling therewith his neigh hour's head. boy "snapped h i s fingers" (Oh, A horrible crime !), but it matters nut whether it was the little token of triumph and glee from the y oung .. ater who had just conquered a difficulty, or of the boy Iwho had broken his playmate's nose. An inkstand was broken, a slate did crack, and a finger was really snapped, and there tire the painted e ru l e s ;" by them must the offender be butchered. This is a mere half of the infamy and evil that of attac h e s to Mr. Tyrwhitt's systemeducation. In indignation at such systems and with commiseration for their victims, I remain yours truly, Cheltenham, Aug. 26, 1851. DALETH. WHAT SHALL BE DONE WIT OUIt CONVICTS ? LE r /ER 11. TO THE RIGHT LION. sia GEOLGII GAY, BART., M.P. &C. &C. &C. Sir, —Having shown that the intrinsic properties of Lord Grey's plan are opposed to the reclamation of the convict, let me nuw examine it in relation to the published opinion of one of acknowledged sagacity and wisdom—l allude to the Archbishop of Dublin, who thus laid down a proposition which for clear-headed truthfulness cannot be excelled. In a letter addressed to the late Earl Grey, the Archbishop says—" The very system of a penal colony contains in itself, considered as a mode of punishment, a principle of self destruction, because it not only aims at two objects especially at variance with each other, but also has a constant tendency in practice to sacrifice the most important of the two objects to the incidental and subordinate one-1 mean the efficacy of the pe nalty to the prosperity of the colony." This sentence, which ought to be inscribed in let ters of gold for the instruction of the Colonial Se cretary for the time being, the present Lord Grey treats as worthless, for he rejoices in his plan, which avowedly has for its principal end, not the punish ment of the convict, but the benefit of the settler, who wants shepherds, although the employment contains within itself elements essentially opposed both to the punishment and to the reclamation of the convict, who ought to have steady and constant work, and not that given by his Lordship's plan, which is employment of the most idle character. And;eT;h - a - ta - singular combination of important elements renders the opinion of a Wbately most valu able upon such a social question. The disciplined mind of the logician resolved to detect the real cause of the acknowledged evils—the sagacity of the states man desirous that a punishment should be adopted most likely to deter parties from criminal pursits— and the philanthropy of the Christian bishop anxious for the reclamation of the convict; yet Lord Grey pays no attention to the opinion of such a man, and pursues a plan in direct contradiction to the principle it denounced. Although it must surely be a work of supereroga tion, let me now show that Lord Grey's plan is also bad in relation to the knowledge we have acquired from experience. it is simply an extension of the as signment system. Now, if there is one point on this sub ject on which there is greater uniformity of opinion than another, it is the baneful effect of the assign ment system upon the convict, and upon the colony although, no doubt, often useful and profitable to the individual settler; and if such have been the results in assignment to farmers in the neighbourhood of other settlers, must not such evils be increased when the convict is assigned to the remote wilds of a pas toral district with none but associates of his own cha racter ? The only possible way in which the assignment system can be worked so as to effect both the punish ment and the reclamation of the convict is that which was adopted in the earlier settlements of America, when a convict was established in the house of the settler—punished by constant work without wages-- and gradually reclaimed by the influence of the virtuous habits with which he was surrounded. flow essentially different from the mode of life which must be pursued by Lord Grey's Arcadian convicts, living together in a bothy, only occasionally visited by the proprietor! Surely the above facts are conclusive against the probability of any good arising from the adoption of Lord Grey's plan. Well, replies his Lordship, if it does not work well let it be abandoned, as we have al ready abandoned every plan which has been tried by our predecessors and ourselves ; there can be no harm in trying it, for if it fails we are only where we were. Indeed ! such may be the doctrine, and assuredly has been the practice, of the Colonial-office on this ques tion, but experience teaches that on this, as on every other subject of social importance, every step taken in the wrong direction, necessarily involving great delay, adds to the difficulty of establishing a proper system. After the exposure of the evils of the present sys tem by the Committee on Transportation, the colonists would have cheerfully co-operated with the Colonial office in carrying into practical operation any well considered plan for punishing and reclaiming the con vict. A few short years only have elapsed, and they have now united in a league to prevent the abolition of convict transportation to any part of Australia—yet the Colonial-office thinks there is no harm in delay ! ! Rusticus expectat, defluit amnis. I am perfectly aware that there are seine who think that the present agitation will soon pass away, because it is for the pecuniary interest of the settler and of the capitalist that the colony should be supplied with con vict labour. Whether Lord Grey himself entertains such opinion, and bas therefore proposed his pre sent plan to pass away time, I have no means of know ing, but I firmly believe events will prove such an opinion to be both absurd and wicked. An absurd opinion, because there are some subjects which never recede, among the foremost of which are those deeply imbued with moral and Christian prin ciples. In the first discussion against slavery the statesman could predicate its certain downfall, and the Committee on Transportation have ensured the abolition of the present system. A wicked opinion, because it relies upon Mammon in opposition to morality, and assumes that the settler will, for the sake of lucre, be content to expose his family to the contaminating influences of a convict population. Instead of the Colonial-office being irri tated and angry at the conduct of the settlers in pro nouncing against the future transmission of convicts, it ought - to - rejoice at the exhibition of such a proper feeling as being the surest proof that the inhabitants were rising in the moral scale ; but no, such conduct, however gratifying to the philanthropist, gives trouble to officials, and is therefore denounced and the colo nist insulted. I have the honour to remain, &c., RIGBY WA SON. Corwar, Aug. 26, 1851. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.-- ( Miles in w0rk,2410 —Return of Traffic for the Week ending Aug. 17, 1851: Passengers, parcels, carriages, h ors es, dogs, and mails ....£10,553 19 2 Merchandise and minerals 3,533 3 6 Cattle ••• ... 691 4 9 Total .. £14,783 7 5 Corresponding week, Aug. 18, 1850 (236 miles) : Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £4,299 18 2 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. 1.4C1 3 7 ... £5,701 1 9 LANCASIHRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Aug. 24—£19,128 7 8 Corresponding week in last year, (253; miles open) .. ...£17,604 3 9 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--TrAffiC for the week ending Aug. `24:—. Total ... MAIN LINE. Passengers Parcels, H. C. and D. Goods, cattle, &c. Mails ... ... £2,952 6 5 ••• 83 9 8 ... 633 0 1 ... 575 0 0 Total ~. £4,243 16 2 ••• MOLD. Passengers ' Parcels, H. C. and D. -- Goods, cattle, &c. Total ... £39 13 3 ... 1 9 3 ... 102 9 2 STEAM-BOATS. Passengers ... ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... £143 11 8 ... £53615 4 ~. 22 19 0 £559 14 4 Total BRITISH MUSEUM.—The exterior of the new rr ang ebmu build ing ing is now almost complete, and the interior old brick a wall and above are in a forward state of progress. the unseemly buildings on each side ano t l nn have all been removed with the excep t : ling i painted brown portion, and a high and elegant irol ' i r s h : been erected on a of a tb, :er g y at s e m w a a ll y and ornamented with gilding has At each end of the basement of solid blocks of a ! gr itt it i;ave been construeted, railing square pillars of granite. i g antic proportions, with leaving a carriage entrance r e sid g , e for the admission of vi iron wicket entrance on either building can now be fully seen, sitors. The front of the new appearance. The Mn and presents a chaste u" ' s a e n u d m a during five days in the week, ` ,,f -bl v ic isitors, principally composed of th t h b re n e g ia) %aye come up to see the Exhibition, country peoPle, who have and outwards all day long, moving may be seen w e e is on the ground floor, immediately on i C s ou op n e t n les t s o The librarY , : d side of the entrance, is now open to the public the right ha and thousands avail themselvesof boat ticket , . wit admission to view the extensive collection of valu able admi works in the library, and which and rare are admirably arrange d in neat compartments. One of the principal fea tures o f i a ttraction s the old chart er manuscripts and other Pub li c documents, which are displ a y e d i n glass cases to the gaze of the curious. The antiquarian department is also an 1 object of great attraction, and excites the admiration of the learned, and the wonderment of the ignorant in such mat ters. Altogether the British Museum is now, in its exterior appearance, one of the handsomest of our public edifices. MARIAN WITHERS. BY GERALDINE E. JEWS rsuRY.— 1 his new tale, by the authoress of " Zoe," " The Hali-Sisters," and other works of the first class of modern fiction, will tend to widen and to confirm the reputation already achieved by one of our most sensible, earnest, well informed, and sound of female writers of fiction. The story is one of intense interest. Miss Jewsbury's men and women are true mortal s , w i t h t h e v i rtues and fa ili ngs , the pride, u the affections, inconsi s t enc i es, an d pass i ons w hich go to ma p. in varied proporti ons , t h e c h arac t ers o f the male and female actors on the w o rld' s s t age . M ar ian Withers is no faultless monster which the world ne'er saw, but " A creature, not too wise or good 1 Fur human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, , i Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears , and smiles. • A WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN REGENT-STREET.--. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the police-constable on duty in Regent-street found the dead body of a woman lying on the pavement a short distance from Vige-street. The corpse was removed as speedily as possible to St. James's Workhouse, in Poland-street, where it was seen by the medical officer, who found no marks of violence. In formationsoe t t e to examination.M r. Bedford, the The deceased coroner da w pa h n : has or dered a w po a st s mto have been about fift y y ears of a g e, was of sallow com plexion, attired in black satin visite and gown, a willow bonnet. , .