The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-05 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC REIT NS FOR TUE PAST WEEK. NAME OF RAILWAY. Ileceipts, Is 49. BRITISH. Aberdeen Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down.. ••••• • .. Birkeilh,ad, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn. and West York • • • • Bristol and Exeter Ca1ed0nian......... • • • Cheater and Ilolyhead. • • .. Dublin and llellast Junction •• •• •• Dublin and Drogheda.... . • ..... Dublin and Kingstown ••.•••• • •• •• Dundee and Arbroath •• •• •• • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen • •••• • • • • Last Ea , t. Lancashire .. Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • • • •• Eastern Ciiivli.• 0. •• *. Edinburgh and Glasgow ••• • • •• fdinhurgh, Perth, and Dundee: , • • • • Furness Railway •••. • • •• • • tilasgow, Paisley, and Ayr •••• •• • • • • Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock •• •• Great Northern ..nd L.• • • ..... •• Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western •• • • Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • • • ..... • Lancashire and Yorkshire........ •• •• Leeds and Thirsk • ••• • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North Weiitern •ondon and Illackwall.• • • •• • • •• Londcn, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. • ......, L•oulonderry and Enniskillen Manchester, Buxton, and Ni atlock, &c, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction...... Maryport and Carlisle Midland Great Western (Irish) .... •. Nevreastle and Carlisle North British North Stallordshira ..........., North-Western . ......... Scottish Central •. ............. Scottish Midland ..... Shrewsbury and Chester ............ Shropshire Union ...... ••• • • • ...... South Dev0n......., South Eastern.... •... ...... ........ South Wales • • • • ••• • •• South York., Doncaster, and Goole rati Vale .......................... Ulster . ...• • • • ...... • • • •• •. • • ..• • •• Waterford and Limerick. ............ West Cornwall ...... ............. Whachaven Junction ... • • • . York and Newcastle, and Berwick ... York and North Midland FOREIGN. Amiens and . ppe . • • •••• • • • • • . Montereau and Troyes Northern of France .... Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) Orleans to Bordeaux Paris and Orleans ..... ........ Paris and Rouen . •• .............. Amen and Havre RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. MIDLAND RAlLWAY.—Traffic Returns, including the Bris tol and Birmingham receipts . , also Leeds and Bradford, Not tingham and Lincoln, Syston and Melton, Stamford and Peterborough, Leicester and Swaunington, Ashbv Canal and Erewash Valley, and Nottingham and Mansfield : Week ending Sept. 29 £24,3.3 16 8 Corresponding week of last year, exclu ' sive of the Nottingham and Mansfield ' receipts ... 23,480 8 3 Aggregate :-1849, 305,4061. Os. 9d. ; 1850, 316,449/. Bs. 6d. Miles opened for traffic:-1850, Double line, 468; single, 23i 494. 1819, Double line, 4601; single, 23i — total, 4831. • MANCHESTIR, SHEFFIRLD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending Sunday, Sept. 29,1850, inclusive : Passengers, parcels, &c. Goods, merchandise,:&c. ...43,184 18 ... 3,163 17 Total £6,3i8 15 24 Corresponding week in 1849 ... 5,293 1 0 Number of miles opened, 167,4. The above includes the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company's proportion of the receipts of the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway; also, the Grimsby Dock duties, &c., and Chesterfield Canal receipts. Number of miles opened corresponding week 1849, 1601. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Tues., Milborne Port; Fri., Buckland Knoll-11 Tiverton Elds.—Mon.,' Gibbet Moor; Thrs., Delver ton; Sat., Bickleigh Bridge-10f. Mr. Morgan's Hds —Mon., Grensfen Bridge; Thrs., M..llard Down-104. Mr. Purse's . Hds.—Mon., Buckland Filleigh; Fri., Torrington Wood-10i. Tivyside Hde.—Moii., Kerry Bridge; Thrs.,: Cced more—lo. Hemston Yale Harrs.—Mon., Brimpty Gate; Tues., Cherry Bridge; Wed., Chrochern Tor. Mr. Trelawny's Slade;Hall; Fri., Newn hum Park-104. Brighton Harrs. —Wed., Race Course ; Sat., Dyle-1 0.41 .URDER OF A WIFE DT lIER HIMIDAND.—On Sunday last the town of Watlington, Oxon, was thrown into a state of great excitement, from the fact that Ann, the wife of John Lambourne, a labourer, had been murdered in the • course of Saturday evening. Her husband was proved to be the assassin, having inflicted a deadly blow on the right Fide of the back part of the head, which separated the scalp and bruised the bone; another wound was discovered on the other side of the head, and a third on the right cheek, toge ther with several bruises on different parts of the body. The deceased rec e i ve d t h ose i n j uries which terminated in her death early in the evening of Saturday. Being afterwards left alone, she staggered into the garden, when, after wander ing about which fact was discove able from several pools of "blood in different places) she made again for the door, but fell from exhaustion. She was found still alive at twelve o'clock, and carried into the ccatai„e, laid on the bed, where she died at twenty minutes past eight o'clock on the follow ing morning. ler husband, John Lambourne, who had for a number of years treated her with extreme brutality, often beating her with sticks and with his fists, was taken into custody. On Monday an inquest was held upon the body, and the prisoner was fully committed to Oxford Castle to take his trial at the next spring assizes, on the charge of wilful murder. THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—The Evangelical Alliance terminated its conference in Liverpool on Thursday evening. It is proposed to hold an assembly in London next year, probably during the time of the Exhibition, of Chris tians of all nations. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY Or W ATCHES AND J EWEL - The demand for the home trade and for the East was LF.RY.-The dreadful murder at Frimley has been followed limited, while the receipts were large. The sales em by an exten s i ve ro bb ery of jewellery, braced 8,400 barrels, including old sour Canadian at &c., at the t own o f Wokingham' which is situated a b ou t m id way b etween 3 dolls. 75c.; No. 2 sup erfine, at 3 dolls. 874 e. to 4 dolls.; Reading and Frimley. The ro bb er y t oo k p l ace on t h e pre fresh ground State at 4 dulls. 50c. to 4 dolls. 584-c.; new mises of Mr. Porter, a highly respectable watchmaker, common to straight State at 4 dolls. 62ie. to 4• dolls. living in the Market-place, on the evening of Sunday last, 681 c.; new western, at 4 dolls. 62ic. to 4 dolls. 75c., during the absence of himself and other inmates of the and pure Genessee, at 5 dolls. to 5 dolls. 6c. Southern house at divine service. Some time after their return Mr. flour was inactive, but steady, with sales of 900 barrels, Porter went into the shop, and at once discovered that up- at 5 dolls. to 5 dolls. 184 e. for new. Rye flour was wards of 40 gold and silver watch e s h a d been carried off, steady, with a good demand, and sales of 600 barrels, at gold rings, brooches, and pins, the loss in the whole amount- 3 dells. 1230. to 3 dolls. 25c. There was less firmness mg to between 2001 and 3001. The thieves entered through in the market for meal. We note sales of 200 barrels of the shop door by means of skeleton keys. Jersey in lots, at 3 dolls. 10ic. to 3 dolls. 12e. The J. R. Crosk e3 s, E sci ,has been re-appointed Ame- supply of wheat was limited, and holders were firm. In rican consul at the ports of Southampton and Cowes. clued in the transaction were 7,000 bushels of hand _ Wootavracti, OCT. 4.-THE EMPEROR OF RusslA's some Canadian, to arrive, at 1 doll. Bc.; 2,800 bushels of P.:Et:3ll'l'4%one. This fine frigate-rigged steam-yacht, named ditto, on the spot, but of an inferior quality, et 1 doll. fromramP built of iron, by Messrs. Mare and Co., Blackwall, 10c.; and 2,600 bushels of heated Genessee , at 1 doll. 10c. of 140 - h orse Power , by Mr. Waterman, jun., and fitted with engines Ry e was in good demand, and steady, with sales of 6,000 Power, by Messrs. George and Sir John Rennie, went down the river to-day on an experimental trial, having on board Lieutenant Echapparie, Lieutenant Korchaioff, and bushels, at 7 0 c. to 73c., afloat and delivered. Barley Lieutenant Serninoff, of the Russian Nay} was scarce, end much wanted; prime four-rowed would Mr. George Rennie,Sir John Rennie, bring 80c. to 81c., if here to-day-for future delivery it was offered much lower. Oats continued scarce and Mr. Bishop, patenteeo ; f the disc engine; Mr. Dykes, engineer ; Mr. Waterman, designer of the vessel ; wanted, at 40c. to 43c. for Jersey, and 42c. to 444 c. for and Mr. Jones, chief draughtsman to the Messrs. Rennie. State and Canandian. There was less corn offering, and The Peterhoff is of 412 tons burthen, and draws 3ft. 1 lin. prices have improved. The demand was brisk for the ftoor2dvard and Oft. 2i n . aft ; and when she started on her tri a l east, an d f or export . Th e transac ti ons amoun t t o 14,000 ay sh e h a d all her r i gg i ng up, as s h e i s t o leave in the bushels, part from store and to arrii e, at 64c. to 644 e. for course of next week, for St. Petersburgh. Her cylinders are mixed, and 65c. for round yellow. 46i inches diameter, on the oscillating principle, and giving Coffee-With a good demand sales were made of a stroke o f 3f t. 6in The engines are finished in th e best style, and have been ' adjusted with such nicety that, during 300 bags Laguayra at 1 lie. to 112 c., and 100 bags her ru n f rom Bl ackwell to the Nore, and six times up an d Java, at 12:1c. down the measured mile in Sea Reach, below Gravesend, Cotton-The business to-day amounts to about 1,200 there were not th e least symptems of heating in any p ar t, bales; about one half taken by the home trade. and the m ovement o f the vessel at her greatest speed did not Fish-A cargo of new mackerel just arrived. About produce the least vibration in whatever part she was tried. 1,000 barrels were sold to-day, at 11 dolls. for No. l's, The result of the six runs in Sea Reach was very satis- and 9 dolls. for No. 2's. factory. Freights-To Liverpool, 8,000 to 10,000 bushels of • The . Prince de Canino, Charles Bonaparte, ex- velseat were engaged, at Sac. For cotton, 3 16d. was President of the Roman Republic, whose passage thr oug h offered, and 7-32 d. asked. Some 6,000 or 8000 barrels France was last year the occasion of administrative mea- flour were engaged, at Is. 10d. to is. 10 d. Dead • sures, which h a d f or bidd en hi re to rema i n on the territory of weights ruled from 17s. 6,1. to 20s. A lot of 700 bar the French Republic, is at present (says the Ordre) at Paris, r e l s flour was taken at 2s. Oil was taken for Glasgow where he appears not to be disquieted by the police. at 225. Gd. There was no change to London or Havre. How To MAKE THE MOST OF D ISEASED POTATOES. Leather -The stock continues very light, while the -A correspondent sends us, all the way from Chester, the demand is fair. The quotations for all descriptions fallowing recipe :-As soon as possible steam or boil them, ar e as as follows :-151e. to 16c. for light and medium and pack them, with a little salt, in barrels or air• tight yes- weights hemlock sole • 14c. to 15c. for ditto heavy ditto; eels; and use as required. They will s keep in this state for 13s. to 14c. for good ' damaged; 10c. to lie, for poor four months.- al yr Observer, ditto; 22c. to 25c. for oak slaughter, light weights; 20c. LONDON 'NV ELM-The deepest well in London is t o 22e, for medium and heavy ditto; and 17c. to 20c. that sunk by Messrs. Coombe and he brewers, which SINGLETON FONTENoY, R.N. Br JAMES HANNAY, measures 522 feet. The next is at the Co., i'sxeise Office, 500 feet. for Spanish oak. Oils-Linseed Was in good demand, with sales of ESQ.-We have no hesitation (says the Morning Herald) in ..!:.?..oßrtt?sll a p tMeux's brewery is 425 feet deep; that at Messrs. 5,000 gallons English and best American, at 75c. in pronouncing the present tale a decided hit; it is a good sea .1,-!!! feet , iinlico, 398 feet. The Trafalgar-square well is asks and 77e. in barrels. Whale was quiet, without novel, and something more, combining all the dashing 370. feet--flu il der• .Mi deep, and the well at Kensington new workhouse c ' change in price. vivacity and pleasant variety of Cooper and Blarryat, with Provisions-Pork -- For this article the market was the shrewdness and judgment of one equally fitted to catch PR °Posala NEW STREET IN THE Cur.-A nu merously attended meeting of the inhabitants of the „,„„ more firm, while the transactions were limited; mess the phosphoric effulgence th at floats upon the surface, and to Tower Wa rd held firmly, at 10 dolls. 50c., with buyers at 10 fathom the depths of the great sea of human life, and bring up the treasures it_ contains for our information and was held on Tueeday for the purp ose of taking - " s into consideration a plan for ' forming a new street dolls. 44e.; and prime at 8 dolls. 37c., with buyers at amusement. Thestyle is smart, pointed, and epigrammatic ; from the south side of the Corn-Exchange, in Mark-lane, 8 dolls. 311 c. Beef' was in good retail request, at the incidents striking; there is an amusing jumble of politics to Tower-hill, traversing the site of the recent confla- 7 dolls. 25c. to 9 dolls. 50c. for mess, and 4 dells. 75c. and philosophy with fun and frolic; at one time tickling our f i r i a e ti t on. The vast opening left by that casualty has given to 5 dolls. 75c. for prime. Cut meats were quiet, but ribs with the broad humour of the midshipman's berth, at of Mark -la ne , for carrying a street from the east side Site o f Tower-street and the Corn-Exchange, firm. There was an active inquiry fur lard to go out another spitting the vices and defects of our naval system over the ;o f the market, and sales of 800 barrels have been made and its representatives and agent s afloat upon the sharp Tower-bill •of the ruins and Seething - lane through to at - e forgood e passages between the hero •It was stated that this line *** pr i me . fare would speedily reli eve th e traffi c new of thorough-te at 15c to 16c. Cheese was with sales of 200 hogs- and Bliss Welwyn equal anything which Sir Bulwer Lytton nt of his steel pen. The lor e in Great Tower- ever wrote, in depth of' passion and gracefulness, and beauty • street; a different plan for improvin g ever, been under consideration intheiaar 1846, that locality had, how- demand mer e buo f y o a r nt, at sc. to 6ic. as in quality. of imagery. and hencesom e 7c ., sod ditto New Orleans, at prime Sta . . BANKRUPTCY IN BATAVIA. - The laws of bank disagreement of opinion preva' lied, but the meeting traffic through the 4 In Sugars - gets resolution to the effect that the increasing adopted a _ ~i . ciiba ,at6ic p , r t e o tty ruptcy in Batavia are somewhat stringent. A letter from principal streets of the ward req uir e d e. to i ac. from the south was less active, Java to a merchant in Boston gives this outline.-" To be Tobacco - The demand immediate f attention, 'I obacco- . . bankrupt here is a somewhat different affair from what it is and suggested to the Commissioners of leaf were very firm; mantl e. Metropolitan while all descriptions d in the United States. Immediately on becoming bankrupt Improvements the widening ot Mark-lane uest for consumption , and Tower-street, as recommended by the inbanl:arest to Great lectured bas 13" in goo req uest ci still tend upward ; 'the names of the parties are placarded about the town, and in itants at a pub• with a pour usaortment prices ,saes the Exchange, as if prima fade infamous. The books are lie meeting in September, 1840. The meetin g also agreed to within last two de} 's of 400 hogs- separate resolution, pressing upon the ac t ' - have been wade the then examined by the public o ffi cer for that purpose. If the Improvement Committee that the widenin rtion of the heads domestic hal', principally Kentucky , at 7.1 e. to estate does not pay sixty per cent., and the bankrupt can be Mark- lane, which only required the removal of threee end of 81c. to 9.ie., including 100 hogsheads m I d Mar} -an-, at 54e. proved ta have done business after he knew the fact, he is or four pit into prison as a criminal for a number of years, and dilapidated houses, should be proceeded with at onc t to s,ie , which is an improvement. The stock of de derOr- that the inhabitants might not suffer more in convenie n ce in foreign . iNas light. v‘ hile the demand was fair ; th e (ared " aloost," which signifies infamous or without than is ie actually necessary in rebuilding the toter 1 h' fl • f ) second hands, and at pri- racter. After this the "aloost" person is indeed excommu -8 de- sale, have been e tt y from ideated. His word is i.ot to be taken ; he is not allowed to stroyed in Mark•lane. vote bargains. be a witnes- even on oath • and if a mail trusts him does Tin A DELAIDE GALLERY, STRAND.-We find hy The Stock market remains firm, but rather quiet, al- it at his o w n hasriek-he . Ile daga inst On no le rme y . him. a Petition, very numerously signed, that a licence for " thoughthe general tendency is towards improvement. music it the other hand ' if a , man takes his books to the public o ffi cer and dancing is l'uany and about to be solicited from the bench of magi s - The amount of capital seeking investment is unu declares he has given all he has, and it does not appear traces at Clerkenwell on the Bth i ns t. f or t' 3ese capacious and small for this period of the ys or, a f a ct which may be that he has been doing business knowing be was a bankrupt, elegant pr emises. The petitioner is Mr. Simpson, the well- accounted for in some measure by the diversion of surs and after a strict investigation there are no suspicious cir known and bight --re s ected p proprietor of th e Albion Tavern, plus means in Californian speculations, which have cuintanFes, his creditors must sign his papers. Thus the Great Russell- s treetmanner , and manager of the Cremorne Gardens. tembted the many to embark every dollar the y could spare, 'creditor is protected without oppressing the debtor, the rogue in which Mr. Simpson has, during the last i n which is distinguished from the honest; and a person is obliged, by hope of realising those enormous profits season, conducted the gardens in question fl t him a terrible penalty, to know the state of his affairs, and, when re ac s upon is the highest credit, and sieve attended acme of the shipments -to that quarter. is, to our minds, the strongest re-once embarrassed, to refrain from speculating to retrieve him- Thesteadiness of butte in the d •el d pay commendation he can offer on the l f quotations, lei en - - self. This law came • into operation in May, 1848, and it was licences of the nature solicited were a lw ays application. a d ing railroads and iu those which are yet unproductive, not long before it caught something in the shape of an En - complaints would never occur, nor indeed aye should msuch h n . s, indicate a more confident feeling; and it is quite evident lista concern, who pay ab,utone of 1 g d quarter per cent., an aretuasen soar. Oil 4: they, 1R , ..•••••....le w Mang aud healthful ii mow aud dea • that all inmate of the investing demand would crests - 'r i me partners are n ew ex pi at i ng their prince in prison." ging, THE REPRESENTATION OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. ELECTION OF MR. WIGRAM. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 4.—The Vice-Chancellor having appointed this day (Friday) for the election of " burgess" to represent the University in Parliament in the room of the late Mr. Law, a Convocation took place in the Senate-house for that purpose. The at tendance was but thin, there being only about 50 members of the Senate present, with a few spectators in the galleries. There were but few ladies present. Among the members of the Senate we noticed the Masters of Jesus, Catharine-hall, and Trinity ; Pro fessors Challis and Clark, Doctors Woodham, Paget, Broadley, and Drosier; Rev. W. Carus, M.A. Tri nity College ; Rev. J. E. Dalton, Queen's College ; Rev. F. W. Harper, St. John's College; Rev. Harvey Goodwin, Corpus Christi College ; Rev. Charles Clay ton, Caius College; Rev. W. B. Hopkins, St. Catha rine's-hall ; Rev. Mr. Dodd, Magdalene College ; Mr. Stokes, M.A., Caius College ; Mr. Bumpstead, M.A., King's College, &c. Mr. Wigram was present, and during the proceedings entered into conversation with his suppollers and other members of the Senate. A Congregation being called, the senior proctor (Mr. Middleton, King's College) proceeded to read the writ and the Sheriff's precept enjoining the election of "a fit and discreet burgess" to represent the in terests of the University. The Act against bribery and corruption having been read, the oaths were ad ministered to the Vice-Chancellor, as returning officer, by the senior proctor, the Master of Catharine hall acting as witness. A number of members of the Senate, including most of the above-named, then handed in their cards, whereon was inscribed the name of Mr. Wigraw, his more influential sup porters Toting first, and there being no opposition, a scrutiny was taken, and Mr. Wigram was declared by the senior proctor to be duly elected. The neces sary official documents announcing the return of Mr. Wigram having been filled in by the Rer. the Registrary and duly executed, the proceedings ter minated. Miles opened, 1850. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, :.:1850._ LITERATURE. 1850. Xi 76 476 £1,409 236 1,244 1,114 438 4,108 7,151 2,008 228 752 4,596 f 097 3,551 439 1,115 1,014 480 6SI 730 3,212 14,962 1,614 3,434 2,4:11 788 3,894 13.827 2,3..8 3,957 2,924 3,021 1,059 2,551 3,114 15,583 4,039 11,947 3 7 ,9 2,948 1,071 9,333 4,609 18 4 428 7 16,023 1,204 192 43,565 155 48,036 761 12,452 ;0,5747 937 12,572 11,8m9 164 5,293 lii9 6,339 637 23,480 1,171 1 2,t17 3,187 4,446 683 24,314 1,225 2,131 3,704 5,129 616 1,702 1,445 416 1,334 421 1,457 12,835 505 1,796 2,/36 721 495 2,170 15,846 1,051 1,657 2,583 913 346 223 13,14 , 3 7.828 222 15,146 9,451 1,G03 862 1,023 17,394 2,850 3.636 8 720 7,539 2,974 2,087 785 1,176 23,252 2,840 3,535 8,428 7,817 3,2;c, AMERICAN NEWS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, OCT. 4. The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's ship Wa.hington, Captain G. IY. Floyd, arrived off Cowes at 3 o'clock this afternoon, bringing the United States mails. After transshipping the mails for England and France int. a small steamer she proceeded on her voyage to Bremen. _ _ The Washington has performed her voyage in 13 . 4 days. She brings 62 passengers, of whom 22 landed at Southampton. The freight list comprises a smell quantity of merchandise, sp , cie value 35,000 dolls. for Havre, and 25,000 dolls. for Bremen. She reports pleasant weather during the passage, with a very heavy rolling sea from the northward. Om► Sunday, September 22, at 5 ♦.m.. in let. 41.71, long. 65.15, the Washington passed the United States mail steamer Pacific, bound westward. O:► the 24th she exchanged signals at 6 A.M., in lat. 43.48, long. 57,6 W., with an English steamer, supposed to be the Niagara. On the 26th ult. the Washington passed astern of the wreck Mary Jane (barque), of Sunder land, with all three masts gone short off, decks ripped up, waterlogged, and abandoned, apparently not long in that condition. This wreck was in lat. 46 45, lone. 47 4. The Washington brings letters and papers of three days later date than those received by the Hibernia at Liverpool. The intelligence is not of great im portance. The New York Herald gives the following telegraphic summary of the latest news from Wash ington:— " The Senate passed the Oregon Land Bill yester day, and then took up the General Appropriation Bill, to which several amendments, or rather additions, were made. One of the amendments appropriates the sum of 10,000 dollars to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State for the expenses of the Turkish Ambassador during his sojourn in the United States. The proposition was made by Senator Hunter, of Virginia, and we are very much pleased to see that it was responded to by a vote of 35 tol9. We can afford to spend that sum in entertaining such a distinguished visitor. Considering the ignorance which exists in the old world concerning the United States, the mission of Amin Bey to our country ought to be considered in the light of a very flattering compliment, and we have no doubt that he and the Sultan will properly appreciate the kind reception which he has met with in Washington—a reception which we are proud of. The conduct of the Sultan towards the unfortunate Hungarians who took !re fuge in his dominions after they were betrayed by Georgey and overwhelmed by the Russian forces has endeared him to this country. Our people look upon that Sovereign as a friend and an ally, and desire that the friendly relations between them and him shall be more intimate, and of a more friendly character than ever. Between the United States and the so-called Christian Powers, with the exception, perhaps, of France, there is not a single link of sym pathy, except what arises through commerce ; but with Turkey the matter is entirely different. The Sultan is a man after the American heart, and his im pulses are the same as ours. Let us by all means, therefore, promote intimacy with him. "The sum of 500,000 dolls. was also appropriated by the Senate for the erection of a public building in San Francisco, to be used as a custom-house, court house, &c. The Senate adjourned without taking ac tion on the General Appropriation Bill. " The House was. engaged with the Naval Appro priation Bill, which was debated at considerable length. We are sorry to see so much opposition to the mail contract system, and hope that it will not be renewed. The experiment has been repeatedly tried, and it has been conclusively demonstrated that the Government cannot compete with our enterprising merchants in the construction of ocean steam-ships.' The President has re-appointed Mr. J. R. Croskey as Consul for the United States for the port and dis trict of Southampton. By the subjoined paragraph, extracted from the Herald, it wilt be seen that additional lines of mail steam-ships are contemplated by the Americans:— " A citiz n of Philadelphia has made a proposition to Congress for the establishment of a line of steamers to run between that city and Antwerp, in Belgium, touching at Portsmouth, England, and Havre, France, provided the Government will advance two-thirds of the amount necessary for their construction, and to hold a lien upon the ships for the amount for twenty years. The ships are to be not less than 2,000 tons burden, and so constructed as to be convertible into naval vessels, the Government paying 75,000 dollars per year to each ship for mail service. He also pro poses to establish a line of steam-ships between San Francisco and Shanghai and Hong-Kong, in China, upon the same terms. The latter are to be fully equipped for war service, and to be under the com mand of naval officers. He requires 200,000 dollars per year for each ship for mail service." The Jenny Lind furor continued unabated. A screw-propeller (the Merlin) was about to ply between New York and St. Thomas's, touching at Bermuda. The Richmond (Virginia) papers mention 38 bars of solid gold, weighing 8,885 dwts., and worth nearly 1 doll. per dwt., which have just been brought to that city. These bars were produced in the " Booker Gold Mine," in Buckingham, now owned by Messrs. W. M. Moseley and Cd., and were the result of only sixty days' work. There are two other mines in Buckingham in successful operation. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 20. Ashes—The market was steady, with a good demand for pots, and sales of 150 barrels at 6 dolls. 12ie. for pots, and G dolls. for pearls. Breadstuffs —Flour—The market for some descrip tions of flour was easier, and the inquiry less active. a very buoyant tone in the market, and advance prices materially. MARKETS (BY TELEGRAPH). BUFFALO, SEPT. 19, 1 P.M.—The receip•s since our last have been—flour, 4 000 barrel.; wheat, 34.000 bushels; corn, 24,000 bushels. Flour is in moderate demand; the market is heavy, with a slight downwa•d tendency. Small sales hate been made at 4 dolls. to 4 doll-. 6c. for Ohio, and 4 dolls. to 4 dolls. 120. for Michigun. A moderate inquiry for wheat; the market is, however, steady. Ohio rim been done at 85c. to 87c. Corn is steady at yesterday's. rate.; the sales have been 6,000 bushels at 521 c. for mixed western. Prison whisky is nominal at 24;c. No change in freights. ALBANY, SEPT. 19.—Receipts since yesterday: — Flour, 4,060 barrels; wheat, 2 svo bushels; corn, 4,500 bushels; barley, 17,000 bushels. The fl iur market has been rather heavy, but we notice no material change in prices. Wheat is firm, with a good milling inquiry. Sales have been made f 2,500 husbels, at Il6c. for Ge nesee. Corn is easier, with a better inquiry; 10,000 bushels have changed hands, at 61c. to 62e. for mixed western. Oats are improving; the sales tell up 10,000 bushels, at 401 c., to arrive in a week or ten days. 100 barrels of prison whisky sold at 27c. The transactions i❑ barley have been 8,000 bushels, at 71c. to 72c. for two rowed, and 78c. for four rowed. BALTIMORE. SEPT. 19.—For Howard-street flour the inquiry is pretty active, with free s a les at 4 dolls. 75c. The market for grain is without much alteration. In provisions there is an improving tendency, including mess pork at 10 dolls. 75c. There has been a good demand for Rio coffee the past week, and we have to report sales of 7.000 bags at 103-e. to 1140. The stock is re duced to 7,900 bsgs; the tendency in prices is decidedly upwa►d. PEILADELPHIA, SEPT. 19.—There is no inquiry for Cotton today, but the market is very firm, and about 400 bales of New Orleans sold mostly at 14ic., cash. Flour is drooping and dull, but the stuck is high. 500 barrels of standard brands sold at 4 dolls. 82ic., 1,000 barrels of good brands were sold at 5 dolls., and 500 barrels (a fancy article for the South American market) sold at a price not public. Holders are anxious to sell at 5 dolls., which price is nominally asked. For home use there is very little doing, and prices remain un altered. _ _ Rye flour and corn meal are quiet at 3 dolls., with a very light stock. Of wheat there is very little offering or selling. and 1,500 bushels of southern sold at 101 c. to 115 c. fur reds and 107 c. to 10Sc. for white. Corn, no change, and 2,040 bushels 'of southern yellow sold at 65c. Oats continue steady, with sales at 37c. to 38c. fur southern, and 41c. to 42c. for Pennsylvania. Bark—About 50 hhds. of Quercitron sold at 40 dolls. for first No. 1. Ginseng—None arriving or selling. Beeswax—A small demand. at 24c. Feathers—Good were sold freely at 33c. to 34c. In groceries there is nothing new to notice, and holders are very firm, and light stocks and moderate transactions. Wool is quiet this week, and the trans actions are only about 65,0001 b. domestic at steady rates. Provisions, not much doing. Pork is held firmly at former quoted rates. Bacon—the only transactions is a sale of 100 casks; shoulders at 4i.c.; sides are held at 6c.; and hams are worth Sc. to luc. per lb. Lard—sales are making at 7c. per lb. Seeds—No alteration in the market. Linseed is scarce and wanted at 4} dolls., and Timothy is plenty at 2 dolls. to 2} dolls. per bushel. Whisky, no sales and the market bare. _ NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. - 17.—Cotton is quiet, with sales of 500 bales at 13 cents. fcr middling. Coffee is firm, with an upward tendency; sales of 1,700 bags of Rio at 111 1 c. to 12c. Sugar and molasses are firm. Pro visions tend upwards. Breadstuffs are quiet. Whisky sells at 24c. Weather is pleasant and the city healthy. SEPT. 18.—The Canada's news did not affect our cot ton•market; it was published yesterday. 1.000 bales were sold at full prices—good middling at laic. Flour has declined 25c. All oth' r markets are inactive. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, OCT. 4. Arrived at 2.30 P.M., the steamer Washington, Captain Floyd, from New York in 13f days, with mails and passengers bound to Bremen. The Malmes bury steamer, belonging to the Southampton and Isle of Wight Steam-packet Company, was in attendance, and immediately proceeded alongside, embarked the mails and twenty-two passengers, and conveyed them forthwith to Southampton. The Washington con tinued her voyage to Bremen at 3.45. The Wash ington brought Wight mail-bags and seven packages of specie. Lord Godolphin has taken Sir John S. Hippisley's house (or a month from Monday next ; his Lordship is fitting his schooner in Mr. Joseph White's yard to cruize about these waters during the autumn. On Thursday evening the Danish barque Vesta, Sabroe, from St. Croix, bound to Flensburg, with sugar and rum, arrived at this port in a very leaky state, having been struck by a sea, 29th September, about eighty miles to the westward of Scilly; she was brought into Cowes Harbour this morning, and will forthwith land her cargo to enable her to effect the needful repairs. WRECK OF THE SUPERB. VERDICT OF THE JUIIY. SOUTHA!IPTON, FRIDAY N IGIIT.—The Jersey packet has arrived here, and brings intelligence of the close of the inquest in the case of the Superb. The jury met on Thursday, when several addi• tionel witnesses were examined, their testimony being confirmatory of the evidence previously ad duced. Fleming, the mate of the wrecked steamer, wished to address the jury, hut was refused an audi ence. The Attorney-General gummed up with great care and impartiality, and the jury having deliberated, returned the following verdict " That Isaac Gossett and his wife were drowned in consequence of the wreck of the Superb, on the 24th ultimo. " That the wreck of the Superb was the result of culpable imprudence on the part of Captain Priaulx in taking the Superb in a dangerous place, without knowledge of its ordinary course. " That John Fleming, the mate, is guilty of impru dence, in attempting to take the said vessel on that course." MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.) DATID COPPERFIELD. No. Xl'llL By Charles Dickens. Almost all the mysteries and difficulties of the nar rative are cleared up or abruptly terminated in the present number of Copperfield. Scarcely anything, indeed, remains to be explained by the autobiographer in the double number which, on the it of November, will unfortunately bring this exquisite work to a con clusion. Nothing, in fact, appears to require elucidation in the story, if we except the inevitable union of Agnes and Trotwood, some incidental refe rence to the Murdstones and the annihilation of two horrible monsters, Rosa Dartle and Uriah Heep,by, we trust, some excruciating and terrible retribution. We are hopeful, moreover, that before the story is closed "the dearest girl in the world' may become the partner for life of Mr. Thomas Traddles, of the Inner Temple. As to the progress made in the true history of the adven tures, experience, and observations of David Copper field, it is surprising to find how much is condensed within the compass of a single monthly instalment. Beyond all, the prominent feature in the present number is the account of the great tempest at Yarmouth—than which Charles Dickens has never penned anything more eloquent or more stirring in its vividness. Souse passages in this very powerful description may be extracted without injury to the context, and cannot fail to jus tify what we have said upon its excellence. David is travelling down to Yarmouth, on the box-seat of the mail-coach : " • Don't you think that,' I asked, the coachman, in the first stage out of London, a very remarkable sky ? I don't remember to have seen one like it.' _ _ _ " Nor I—not (pal to it,' he replied. ' That's wind, sir. There'll be mischief done at sea, I expect, before long.' ' It was a murky confusion—here and there blotted with a colour like the colour of the smoke from damp fuel— of flying clouds, tossed up into most remarkable heaps, suggesting greater heights in the clouds than there were depths below them to the bottom of the deepest hollows in the earth, through which the wild moon seemed to plunge headlong, as if, in a dread disturbance of the laws of nature, she had lost her way, a nd were frightened. There had been a wind all day ; and it was rising then, with an extraordinary great sound. In another hour it had much increased, and the sky was more overcast, avid it blew hard. _ _ " But, as the night advanced, the clouds closing in and densely overspreading the whole sky, th en very dark, it came on to blow harder and harder. It still increased, until our horses could scarcely face the wind. Many times, in the dark part of the night (if was then late in September, when the nights were not short), the leaders and we were often i n turnedserious about , apprehension came to a that d the e sto p, coach would be blown over. Sweeping gusts of rain came up before this storm, like showers of steel ; and, at those times, when there was any shelter of trees or lee walls lo be got, we were fain to stop, in a sheer impossibility of continuing the struggle. " When the day broke it blew harder and harder. I had been in Yarmouth when the seamen said it blew great guns, but I had never known the like of this, or anything approaching to it. We name to Norwich— very late, having had to fight every inch of ground since we were ten miles out of London ; and found a cluster of people in the market-place, who had risen from their beds in the night, fearful of felling chimneys. Some of these, congregating about the inn yard while we changed horses, told us of great sheets of lead having been ripped off a high church-tower, and flung into a bye street, which they then blocked up. Others had to tell of country people, coming in from neighbouring Villages, who had seen great trees lying torn out of th e eart h, an d whole ricks scattered about the roads and fields. Still, there was no abatement in the storm, but it blew harder. " I put up at the old inn, and went down to look at the sea; staggering along the street, which was strewn with sand and seaweed, and with flying blotches of sea foam; afraid of falling slates and tiles; and holding by people I met, at angry corners. Coming near the beach, I saw, not only the boatmen, but half the people of the town, lurking behind buildings; some, now and then braving the fury of the storm to look away to sea, and blown sheer out of their course in trying to get zigzag back. whose ‘ " Jo husbandsini ng the s w e e g r e r o awayu p s, n f o h u e n r d r n b ewailing o r o y ate r wome n boat which there was too much reason to think might have foundered before they could run inlanywhere for safety. Grizzled old sailors were among the people, shaking their heads, as they looked from water to sky, and mut tering to one another; ship-owners, excited and uneasy; children, huddling together, and peering into older faces; even stout mariners, disturbed and anxious, levelling their glasses at the sea from behind places of shelter, as if they were surveying an enemy. " The tremendous sea itself, when I could find suffi cient pause to look at it, in the agitation of the blinding wind, the flying stones and sand, and the awful noise, confounded me. As the high watery walls came rolling in, and, at their highest, tumbled into surf, they looked as if the least would engulf the town. As the receding wave swept back with a hoarse roar, it seemed to scoop out deep caves in the beach, as if its purpose were to undermine the earth. When some white-headed billows thundered on, and dashed, themselves to pi, ces before they reached the land, very fragment of the late whole seemed possessed by the full might of its wrath, rushing 'to be gathered to the composition of another monster. Undulating hills were changed to valleys, undulating valleys (with a solitary storm-bird sometimes skimming through them) were lifted up to hills; masses of water shivered and shook the beach with a booming sound; every shape tumultuously rolled on, as soon as made, to change its shape and place, and beat another shape and piecetor away; towers and but t h e i i n d g e s a , l and thick; I seemed to see and r s ote or a e nd on feli t ; he th h e o c r l i o s u on ds , flweiwth fast a rending upheaving of all nature." This tremendous hurricane, which the novelist calls most " memorable," " for," says he, " it is still re membered down there as the greatest ever known to blow upon that coast," results in the wreck of ; a schooner laden with wine and fruit from Spain or Portugal, and in the drowning of poor Ham while ineffectually endeavouring to save the life of Emily's betrayer, the wild and unfortu nate James Steerforth. Going down to the beach after the climax of the storm, David discovers the fragments of the old boat scattered over the shingle, and there, he exclaims, " among the ruins of the home he had wronged, I saw him lying with his head upon his arm, as I had often seen him lie at school." The scene in which David imparts to Mrs. Steerforth the intelligence of her son's death is moat touchingly • depicted—only the fiendish ferocity of Rosa Dartle renders a considerable portion of it most repulsive. Turning to the other portions of the narrative, we find Mr. and Mrs. Micawber in the very zenith or apogee of their ambitious day-dreaming. The way in which Mrs. Micawber, speaking in behalf of her husband, addresses the imaginary inhabitants of Aus tralia, by exclaiming, " This country I am come to conquer ! Have you honours ? Have you riches ? Have you p os t s o f pr ofitable pecuniary emolument? Let them b e b roug ht forward. They a re mine ! Enough o f delay ; enough of disap pointment ; enough o f li m ited is the was in the old country. This it forward"— new. Produce your reparation. Bring i ber himself the wa y in which Mr. I‘i cew ululated observes of the possibility of his nie ans. That accumulated Britannia for tunes flowing ultimately into the coffers ~, with a in which Master Micawber issues fort h.. of practising cattle. s h e -4. Britannia —must take her c hance. the . way ' walking-stick, for the purpose ragged voluntary assistance had the beasts in charge to render,.. „ an y 66 v ,,bicn, says Mr. assistance in that direction" ( driving, " when permitted by the ra ed hirelin g s circumstance, " I Micawber, when alluding to this is told is in the nature, was not such de a s ath the ofo. tl.: r ecovery weeks, weeks regret to say, for the credit of to desist"),—the Way in which awthillen.s, our r with imprecations, family of the often—be being generally warned, are already on all respects delightful. But • the r u t m emigration, together Micawbers, even including beautifully with their way to the regioniuclis.tshl. very beautifully Emily, and with Mr. Peggotty, Martha. The number closes Other circumstances, the record of their departure . m entioned in the October not yet particularised, are e e eery of dear Aunt Betsey's husband in a hospital, instalment, t' the Urh Heep among the and the disappearance o f w te i d ll a b u r d in e g xq D u a is v i i t d e metrpolis. In the double crowded popula tion Copperfield to a close,. number, which, in a few t , e vsriaga web of the narrative " r c omparable to the eighteen finished in any manner ill be completed, and, if only I render his latest work the preceding instalments, t novelist. masterpiece of our grea„—...--..... THE AmIBASSADOR AND L OLL MON.. Par i s the Nepaulese Ambassador sent to " Before quittin g N E r A ITESS nts.—The Even ement treats its rea ders w ith the following : the celebrated Lola blo ntes a magnificent robe of cloth of M gold. Lola en t e s is the onl y w oman in France or in Eng - gland with whom the Prince Jung Bahadour could converse - in the language of his country,and the charm which he found the name of the Sultan, his cousin, a in the conversation was very great. There was for a time a question of the departure of the Countess de Lausfeldt for Ne paul ; but, after a war of throe years with England, Jung Bahad treaty our signed , in w ith Great Britain, by which it is prohibited to any European to enter the empire of Nepaul under any pretext. Even k:nglish subjects are not exempt from this clause, which t h e Indian Prince deeply regrets ; for, but for t hat, he would have taken with him two hundred pe rsons to sprea d in his country the intelligence and civilisation of Europe. The English Go vernment is said to have dreaded that Lola Montes would have in Nepaul the success which she had in Bavaria, and the proveenEnglish that the Nepaul must have made some observations which Neeaul treaty . was made alike for men and m Loll Montes remains unfin Parisi thful to hu plesba ad at w of for r This paragraph , sa y s Gulignani, is what the French call law against a fic kle, it he is not an a, nd." familiarly a canard. The Nepaulese ambassador, if it should be translated to him before he quits France, will be equally amused and astonished to learn that he made a present to the Countess of Lansfeldt, in Paris, and conversed with her in his own language. We believe that the Countess has not been seen in Paris for more than a month. SHERITISIIIP OF Ross AND CROMARTY. -- This office, vacant by the death of John Jardine, Esq., has, we un d ers t a nd, been conferred on Geo r g e Deas, Esq., the senior depute-atlyocate.—lnrerne.ss Courier. • EMERAGON ON INSURANCES. Translated from the French, with an Introduction and Notes, by S. Meredith, Esq. Buttes worth. This is the most comprehensive, able, and interest ing work upon the important subjects of which it treats that has ever come under our notice. The legal treatises extant on the subject of marine and maritime insurance are very meagre, and we think the present book calculated to supply a defect which must be deeply felt in a country nice England, whose trade and commerce are of world-wide extent. The ancient city of Marseilles was the scene of the success ful labours of the amiable and gifted Frenchman, Balthazar Marie Emerigon, whose great treatise has been so admirably translated by Mr. Meredith. Emerigon was born in 1716, at Aix, in Provence, and atter the usual course of study was admitted an advocate in the Parletnc,.nt of Aix, where he very soon showed promise of his future greatness. But it was , at Marseilles, then the great maritime power of sou thern France, that he attained the highest point of eminence. Here it was that in the exercise of his profession he was frequently brought into contact with subjects connected with maritime law, and seeing how little on this subject was contained in any system of jurisprudence then known, he determined to tix his attention upon this one point. The result of this determination has been the production of the great work, known and recognised by the members of the legal profession in the old world and the new. The translator has introduced a biographical sketch of his author, which will be read with deep interest by the aspirant to legal or literary fame, and while doing justice to the brilliancy of the advocate and orator, he does not forget the worth and virtues of the man. We can excuse this agreeable episode even in'a legal work, and the more readily when we reflect how very seldom eminent genius is crowned with its merited rewards, and how, when sometimes men of splendid in tellect reach high points of worldly glory, their success cannot be always attributed, as in the case of Emeri gon, to the inflexible integrity of their lives; as much as to the brilliancy of their genius. The book is divided into seventeen chapters, comprising the fol lowing subjects :—Contract of Insurance—Form of the Contract—The Premium—Persons capable of being Parties to the Contract—Parties Contracting— The Ship—The Captain—Things that may be In sured—Value, &c., of the Effects Insured—Proof that the Subject insured has been placed at Risk—Mari time Risks—Time and Places of the Risk--Proof of Loss—lnsurance made after Loss or Safe Arrival — Return of Premiums—Abandonment. There are three other chapters of the French author which Mr. Meredith has not translated, viz., those on Payment of the Sums insured, on Prescription, and on Judg ments, which, though their omission does not leave this work, as far as he has gone, either imperfect or incomplete, it would yet be desirable to see added in the next edition, which we have little doubt will be speedily called for. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. In our advertising colunins will be found the pro spectus of the Executive Committee of the above con certs. A perusal of its contents will at once convince our readers of the unprecedentedly vast scale upon which those concerts are to be conducted, and the great and highly beneficial influence they are calcu lated to exercise upon the progress of native art and the musical taste of the British public in general. The committee is, we understand, composed of noblemen and gentlemen, who, uninfluenced by sor did motives, have, in entering upon this colossal un dertaking, been animated solely by an honourable desire to encourage art and artists, and to disseminate a love for the works of the best masters. Such persons are, in our opinion, the most fit to direct so important a movement. Placed by their resources and position above the state of complete dependence upon popular patronage in which the mere speculator must necessarily be placed, and equally removed from all professional tracasseries and intrigue, they can proceed with confidence and consistency in their important administration. The programme presents so formidable an array of distinguished names, so much that is novel and inte resting, that we cannot attempt to follow it through all its details. Most of the artists are established fa vourites with our London public, and, with the names of those who have not yet been afforded opportuni ties for becoming so, Fame's trumpet has already made it familiar. The following particulars, which we extract from The Builder, relative to the alterations taking place in the theatre, may prove interesting to our readers : " Considerable changes are being made in the interior, to fit it for a series of promenade concerts. All the seats in the pit have been removed, and the partitions in all the tiers of boxes, with the exception of the grand tier. The promenade will remain on the level of the pit floor ' and have a flight of steps on each side up to the level of the stage. .The orchestra, to hold ninety musi cians, will be partly on the stage, partly in the prome nade. All the machinery over the stage, &c., has been removed, to admit a tentlike covering, to form a grand saloon, which will be adorned with statues, &e. Mr. Johnson is the architect, and Mr. Wint tee builder em ployed." To this we will add that the works are in a state of great forwardness, and that no doubt whatever is en tertained of the theatre being opened on the evening announced, viz., the 15th of this month. We heartily wish the directors success in their ar duous and liberal undertaking. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 3. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert remained yesterday at " the Hut," Loch Muick. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of 'Wales, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch and Miss Hildyard, drove over to Invercauld. Meetings of the Metropolitan Local Commissioners accompanied by Secretaries of the Local Committees, took place yesterday with the Executive Committee of the Exhibition of 18M. Colonel Reid, Mr. Cole, Mr. Dilke, Colonel Lloyd, and Dr. Royle were pre sent on the part of the Commission. The followifig Local Commissioners assembled : As representing Paper, Paperhangings, Bookbind• ing, Leather, and Straw—Mr. R. Horne, Grace church-street; Mr. W. Haselden, Whitelands, Chel sea ; Mr. W. Paxon, Hampstead ; Mr. S. M. Hu bert, Marylebone-lane ; Mr. G. H. Drew, secretary of the Westminster Committee ; Messrs. E. W. James and C. H. Hopwood, honorary secretaries to the Finsbury Committee ; Mr. H. G. Bohn, York street; Alderman Sidney, M.P., Ley ton House, Essei ; Mr. W. Hickson, Smithfield ; Mr. H. Vyse, Wood-street ; Mr. A. Wilson, Queenhithe. As representing Furniture, Metal Work, Glass, and Pottery—Mr. W. Smee, Finsbury-pavement; 'Mr. J. Bettridge, Halkin-street West; Rev. S. R. Cattley, secretary of the City Committee; Mr. J. G. Grace, Wigtnore-street ; Mr. T. B. Simpson, South wark ; Mr. Apsley Pellatt, Southwark; Mr. C. Red path, Poplar ; Mr. W. De la Rue, Bunhill-row ; Mr. W. J. Rogers, Carlisle-street; Mr. IV. B. Simpson, West Strand ; Mr. W. Binn, Poplar ; Mr. E. Cole mae, Poplar; Mr. E. Cowper, King's College; Mr. C. Cowper, Southampton-buildings; Mr. E. Sayer, Clifford-street ; Mr. S. Gerraud, Panton-street ; Mr. .J. Evans, King William-street; Mr. H. Spicer, Bridge- street. As representing Raw Materials in the Mineral Kingdotn—J. Spurgin, M.D., Guildford-street; Pro fessor D. Ansted ; Professor Braude, Royal Mint ; Mr'. W. Freeman, Millbank-street ; Professor Gra ham, Gordon-square ; Mr. H. Roper, Spital-square ; Mr. J. Casey, Spital-square ; Mr. R. Hunt, Museum of Practical Geology ' • Mr. J. A. Phillips, Greenwich ; Mr. J. J. Bunning, Guildhall ; Mr. W. Baker, Bat tersea; and Mr. C. Francis, South Lambeth. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has returned to his seat, Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire. Dispatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also from the Governor of Melts, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Co lonial-office for the Governors of the North American colonies. of a DEER-STALKING. The exciting s o pf se. t ol we peer stalking stalking increases as the season draws sent in from the to seen a number of beautifully antlered h eads forests lately, fit companions to the trophthieesirofspfoorrmt e a r t years. Tor. Mr. Mackenzie and a friend have closed t h e ir rifles. At Inver ridon ; nine good deer have fa llen to broom, A. K. George, Esq. , and five ; the last was shot by Dlr. Mr. Blackburn, have shot of Georgehead ten o n B en points. - D a A r . i g r ou Ellice,he 30th September, has a noble In M.P., has shot five good-head of Jura, has killeded stags in Glenquoich. the Island of Harris , Mr. Campbell, f or ty-three deer, mostly s tags. In the cornea of Strathco non, Mr. Balfour shot five stags last week in four days —one of them had 14 points ; two of 12, or royal ; one o f 11 ; an d one o points, a ll heavy deer , and the five counting 59 an tl ers. Of 0 One of the oral heads is the guest of the season. The horns 1/ i nc hes long , in thickness, and th e b row ant l ers 6 a 7 3 th 3 iel.At Bath:dale S. E. Colby, Esq., has shot several good deer ; the last was a heavy stag of 25 stones clean, with a handsome head of ten antlers, those at the brow double and spreading in a half-circle. Mr. Ross of Cromarty killed a stag. with a neat head; and in the Forest of Inchnacardoch E. Digby, Esq., shot a very heavy stag, with a splendid royal head. At Inverlail the Messrs. Pryor have bad ex cellent sport, having killed a stag on each day of stalking. At Dunbeath John La Touche, ill., shot a good stag and hind last week. John M. E. Jones, Esq., and S. D. Pen rose, Esq., have killed 7 stags at Achintoun. At Corriemony the lion. Captain Gough got a stag with a neat head of horns. From Leith Hall, Old Rain, we learn that partridge shooting had afforded good sport, and that from 20 to 30 brace had been obtained per day. —lnverness Courier. STRANGE DETECTION OF SMUGGLING.—On Friday evening as the Enterprise steamer, which plies between Rotterdam, Ipswich, and Yarmouth, was entering the latter harbour, she ran against the pier, and carried away part of the woodwork of the paddle-box, discovering to the asto nished Custom. house officers about 1601bs. of manufactured tobacco dangling down among the paddle-work machinery, in such a position as no mortal Would have ever dared to search. Bradley, the engineer, is• now in custody, on the charge.—Essex Standard. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Rear-Admiral Deans Dqndas, C. 8., M.P., left the Admiralty yesterday, for Chipping Norton, for a week or ten days. Captain Cockburn is waiting at Portsmouth, to take command of the Rattlesnake surveying-ship, on her arrival from Sydney. Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain H. W. Giffard, left Devonport on Thursday, at noon, fur Lisbon and the Mediterranean. Firay, 3, steam-vessel, Commander Seymcur, completed her defects at Devonport, was paid advance by the master-attendant (Mr. Henderson), and left for the coast of Africa on Thursday evening. Thetis, 38, Captain Kuper, at Devonport, was to have been put into No. 5 dock. She was painted, and entered the dock about thirty feet, when it was seen that the tide ceased to flow, and she was taken back and moored alongside the jetty to wait till the morning tide, when it was hoped it would rise suffi ciently high. The Admiralty, at tbeir last visit at Devonport, inspected a model and witnessed the trial of an inven tion of Lieutenant Seccotnbe's (late First Lieutenant of the Trincomalee), by which the laying out of a bower anchor, with a chain cable attached, from a large boat or launch, can be performed with perfect safety. Hitherto it appears that such operations have always been attended with considerable risk to lite and property, from the want of complete command over the chain in running out over the davit at the stern of the boat ; but this risk by the above inven tion, which is a clutch, clasping the chain, and acted upon by a lever, will be entirely obviated. In fact, the chain by this method can be stopped at a moment when it has acquired the greatest velocity, and of course can be lowered fast or slow, at pleasure, which is a great desideratum. The Admiralty were so sa tisfied,by its success, that at the trial above alluded to they paid the inventor a very high compliment, and requested him to forward the model of it to White hall. PORTSMOUTH, Fain AT.—The Bulldog steam-sloop, in dock, is ordered to be re-coppered. The Dauntless steam-frigate, Captain Halsted, hauled opposite the stream to-day for the purpose of adjusting her compasses. She received her crew from her hulk to-day. The Medea and Vixen steam-sloops are baying their engines taken out to undergo a thorough repair. The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Hand, has been removed from dock to the stream to-day. It is reported that the Blenheim steam-guard-ship, Captain Henderson, C. 8., is to take the place of the Illustrious; and the Britannia, 120, fitting as ordi nary guard-ship, to take the place of the Victory, the Victory going over to the old flag-ship moorings off Gosport. FALMOUTH, OCT. 3, 9 A.M.—We have just received information of the arrival off the Lizard yesterday of the ship Great Britain, Hume master, from Bombay, bound to London, and having on board the master, H. Leitch, mate, and part of the crew of the ship Ringfield, of Belfast, from Bombay, which vessel was abandoned on the 12th of July, in lat. 37 27 S., and long. 26 30 E., with loss of rudder, and in a sinking condition. The entire crew were rescued from the wreck by the French vessel Louise, of Havre, and landed at St. Helena' on the 9th ult., where the master, mate, and part of the crew, embarked on board the Great Britain. The Seagull packet, hourly looked for, has not yet arrived. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, OCT. 4.--Midshipmen Robert F. Scott and F. W. HaHowes to the Wasp steam-sloop at Woolwich. _ _ Naval Cadet Thomas Seute, to the Impregnable flag-ship, at Devonport. PRIZE MONEY. 41, Norfolk-street, Strand, Sept. 30, 1850. Notice is hereby given to the officers and company of ber Majesty's ship Penelope, L. T. Jones, Esq., Captain, that, on the 23d of October, 1850, they will be paid as above, their proportions of bounty money recieved for the Jacinto, captured the 3d of January, 1849, and the shares will be recalled every Wednes day and Thursday for three months to come, agree ably to Act of Parliament. Flag Captain.. Commander ...... 120 11 41 Third class Fourth class l2 1 1i Fifth class Sixth class .. Seventh class ... 6 0 61 Eighth class ... 4 16 5-1- Ninth class Tenth class Eleventh clas s ... 1 16 1 Twelfth class Thirteenth class HALFORD and Co., Agents. London, October 3, 1850. Notice is hereby given to the officers and company of her Majesty's steam-vessel Tenzer, Jasper H. Sel wyn, Eq., Lieutenant Commanding, that they will be paid, on Tuesday, the 15th instant, at No. 22, Arundel-street, Strand, their respective proportions of slave and tonnage bounties, for the Catherine de Born Fin, seized on the 4th of March, 1849, and that the list will be re-called on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the three following months. Flag proportion ..... £lB4 9 0 Lieutenant Commanding 541 16 8 Fourth class Fifth class .. Sixth class Seventh class .. 67 14 7 Eighth class .. 54 3 8 Ninth class . • . 40 12 9 Tenth class.... 27 1 10 Eleventh class Twelfth class ... Thirteenth class 10 3 3 J. G. and T. STILWELL, Agents. EXPERIMENTS AT CHATHAM. A number of officers of the Royal Engineers and officers of Engineers in the East India Company's service assembled on Thursday afternoon at Bromp ton Barracks, and proceeded to a ditch in the Chat ham fortifications to witness experiments with six different kinds of scaling-ladders—the first, the old* common kind, made of wood ; the second and third ladders also made of wood, one on • plan by Major- General Pasley, and the other by Colonel Blanchard. The fourth, fifth, and sixth ladders are on a new principle, submitted by Captain Addison, of her Majesty's line service ; and the sixth was sent to Chatham from the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. One of Captain Addisen's ladders is formed of wrought iron circular tubes, and the interior filled with wood two inches in diameter and eight feet long ; the other is made of wood, with an iron hand along the outside. The ladder from the Royal Arsenal is made of wrought iron tube in an oval form, and when the parts are separated the cross bars or steps, also made of wrought iron tubes, can be all placed inside the supports. Captain Addison's tubular ladder has the cross bars placed outside the tubes, and moving on pivots, the two supports, adjusted when in use by two diagonal bars on the other side, can be made, by loosening the two diagonal bars, to lie close to each other, and occupy very little room. The ladder is formed of three pieces, the middle tube being smaller than the lower, and the upper smaller than the mid dle, and are as easily and quickly joined as the lower. parts of a fishing-rod. The wooden ladders consist of one of two pieces, one of three pieces, and one of four piece?, but their steps are axed, and cannot allow the supports to be placed close to each other as in the two iron ladders. The experiments commenced by Sergeant Major Allen selecting six parties of six men each from the Royal Sappers and Miners at Brompton Barracks, having each party as nearly similar in size and strength of the men as possible, and they proceeded to the ditch. During se veral trials the circular tub e l a dd e r s o f Captain ring Addison were put together and let down into the ditch about 20 feet deep, and th e men d escen d e d on i t i n less time than by the others. The ladders were also taken down into the bottom of the ditch and raised to the other side, and the wall scaled several times with the greatest, activity by the men on all the ladders, with the exception of the oval tubular ladder, which, being of equal dimensions throughout its en tire length , the six men employed could not raise it against the wall of the ditch, and it required four men extra to raise it when it was taken out of the ditch on the experiments being concluded. The only ob jection to Captain Addison's tubular ladder was the difficulty of drawing it out of the ditch after the well had been scaled, owing to the projection of the diagonal bars on the back, but Captain M'Kerlie suggested the expediency of these bars being made to move inside, and Mr. Webb, blacksmith, from Woolwich, who attended on Captain Addison, was detained at Chatham to have that alteration effected. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 4.—There will be Congrega tions on the following days of the ensuing Michaelmas Term :—Thursday, Oct. 10, at ten; Monday, Oct. 14, at eleven ; Thursday, Oct. 24, at eleven ; Wednesday, Oct. 30, at eleven; Thursday, Nov. 14, at eleven; Wednesday, Nov. 27, at eleven ; Wednesday, Dec. 11, at eleven ; Monday, Dec. 16 (end of term), at ten. ABERDEEN MAILS BY THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.— On Tuesday last the morning mails from Aberdeen and Strathmore arrived by the Midland line, agreeable to the new arrangements, in about three hours and tell minutes from the former place, and were forwarded by the usual mail train to London by the Scottish Central, at 9.25, A.m. The same afternoon the London mail, which arrives about three o'clock, r.m., was dispatched by the same line to Aberdeen and all the intermediate towns excepting Dundee the mail for which goes as before—by the Dundee and Perth line, as well as the alternate daily mail to and from London.—Perth Courier. l/ 1..• Th•a• e Lord Mayor entertained, last evening, the Masters, Wardens, and Court of Assistants of the Worship ful Company of Tallow-chandlers (being his Lordship's com pany), and a select party of private friends. IRELAND. THE BISHOPRIC OF MEATH. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING.—The Very Rev. Tbomas Townsend, D.D., Dean of Waterford, has been appointed to the Bishopric of Meath, vacant by the death of Dr. Stopford. Dr. Townsend bears an ev;imable character, and his appointment has given m uch satisfaction. He is a highly-accomplished sch, )lar, a hard-working and pains-taking clergyman. He will, in all probability, he called to the Eccle • siast ical Commission and some other public boards in Dub lin, according to the usage in respect to his pre decessors in the see of Meath. THE MONAGHAN MEETING. The Tenant League conspirators indulged in lan guage at the Monaghan meeting on Tuesday night, which out-Nutioned the speeches before dinner, and that is saying quite enough about the oratorical part of the soil-ie. Mr. Lucius read a letter from Dr. Mq - kle, which was to the following effect : " St. Jariath's, Tuam, Feast of St. Michael, 1850. " My dear is consoling to every friend of humanity, of peace, and of order, to find the great and long neglected question of tenant and landlord at length so seriously taken up by persons of all creeds and classes, with a view to its practical settlement on principles of justice and equity, conducive alike to the real interests of the occupants and proprietors of the land. For, without going so far as to assert that the unheard-of sufferings of the tenantry of Ireland are its only 'grievance, it must be owned that they are one of such hideous magnitude as that without their removal no hope can be inspired from the most elaborate efforts of legislation. "To talk, then, of the condition of Ireland as a political and social problem that baffles solution, whilst the chief instrument that has laid her prostrate is palpable to all, is nothing else but an insulting yet clumsy aggravation of the original and persevering cruelty of which she has been and continues still to be the victim. The Learned Sergeant Shea has placed this system in its proper light at the late meeting of Kilkenny, to which he gave the weight and advantage of his great legal acquirements. The cause of the sufferings of the tenants he rendered as intelligible as if written on the walls of the Assembly house, and, like the unheeded writing of old, it is now more clearly understood in the terrible retribu tion it is bringing in the ruin of the very descendants of those who were the first agents of this hereditary injustice. " It was from the absence of the spirit of a right ful and Christian legislation that the intolerable suf ferings of the tenant classes sprung. When the mer ciful spirit of the Gospel taught the landlords and tenants of other countries that they stood to each other in the light of parents and children, to be mu tually cherished and protected, in Ireland, the former class were placed by the law itself in the odious po sition of exterminators and oppressors of the latter. And though some of those hateful laws have been recently repealed, their spirit survives with such faithful energy as even to pass to several of the new proprietors, who, from the force of the sympathies of caste, disregard the precepts of humanity and religion, and adopt all the hereditary notions of the old penal ascendancy. " Amidst the general prostration of the tenant class of Ireland, it was fortunate that there has been hi therto one portion to which policy extended those rights of which the natives of the other provinces were cruelly despoiled. Those rights have since served as beacon lights to others, pointing the attention of all to the comparative comfort which even partial justice never fails to bring in its exercise, and exciting just aspirations that those rights—the feeble transcripts of the rights of the Gospel—should be extended to all the tenantry of Ireland, invested with the guarantee of a Parliamentary enactment. In the present movement there is fortunately no sympathy with Socialism, no affinity with Communism. Those odious dogmas, as revolting to religion as they are ruinous to social order, will never find favour with the people of Ire land. Their principle is simple. Let the landlords act towards the tenants as they would wish to be treated were they in their position ; and again, let the tenants act towards them according to the same Gospel maxim ; and instead of the cruelty that' now springs from the cupidity of proprietors, and the crime of which cruelty never fails to be productive, Ireland would soon exhibit a benevolent rivalry between both classes, which would soon obliterate the recollections of past sufferings and wrongs. " Wishing your patriotic body every success in its truly benevolent and patriotic efforts, and hoping that the means resorted to will continue to be as legal and constitutional as the object in view is laudable. " I remain, my dear Sir, your very faithful servant, " - flouts, Archbishop of Tuam. " Frederick Lucas, Esq." This letter gave, we are told, very great satisfaction to the meeting, composed as it was of Presbyterians, Roman Catholics, and soft-horned Protestants. Here is another Bishop's letter cheering on the Tenant- League conspirators : " Mullingar, Sept. 28, 1850. " Dear Mr. Lucas,—Your favour of the 26th has just come to hand. In reply, I hasten to say that, in my convicti( ma, the salvation or annihilation of our unhappy country depends on the equitable and speedy settle; nent of the present monstrous relations between lan6lord and tenant. How deplorable to see Government and Parliament insensible or indifferent to the rapid ruin in which it threatens to involve all classer, of our countrymen. An equitable settlement, while it respects the just rights of the lanaord, must be based on justice and protectio . i towards the tenant. At present the tenants have not by law the shadow of either. Hence a system of cruelty, injustice, and oppression, which has produced an amount of crime and guilt sell calculated to excite the horror of every Christian, and sufficient to provoke and draw down the 'waviest chastisement of the Almighty. " The noble efforts of the Tenant-League to ob tain by peaceful and constitutional means a legal remedy against this ruinous and widespread ca lamity, entitle them to the gratitude and encourage ment of every friend to humanity. In the unex pected but most happy combination of Irishmen, distinguished by their brilliant talents and disinter ested patriotism, who form the council of the league, I see the most cheering elements of hope for our mis governed ana afflicted country. "I congratulate you on the success which has hitherto attended the labours of the Tenant League, and will close by fervently imploring Heaven to crown its efforts by that glorious consummation on which depend the peace, happiness, and prosperity of Ireland. "I have the honour to be, dear Mr. Lucas, your obedient and faithful servant, " t JOHN CANTWELL. " To Frederick Lucas, Esq , &c." • A terrible accident happened at Glengarnock Iron works on Saturday night last, by which one man lost his life, and another was so severely injured that he is not ex pected to recover. It appears that after the melted metal had been run out of the furnaces into sand moulds, which is called casting, those two men were employed in plugging. up the hole of one of the furnaces were the metal had issued During such operation the blast must necessarily be kept off; but in this instance, by some mischance, it was put on and forced out a large quantity of melted metal, causing the death of the one , and likewise, it is to be feared, of the other. —North British Mail. THE " EXTRAORDINARY ' 9 NUMBER SEVEN.-011 the 7th of the 7th month a holy observance was ordained to the children of Israel, who feasted 7 days and remained 7 days in tents—the 7th year was directed to be a Sabbath of rest for all things; and at the end of 7 times 7 years com menced the grand jubilee—every 7th year the land lay fal low; every 7th year there was a grand release from all debts, and bondsmen were set free. From this law might have originated the custom of binding young men to 7 years' apprenticeship, and of punishing incorrigible offenders by transportation for 7, twice 7, or three times 7 years. Anciently a child was not named before 7 days, not being accounted fully to have life before that periodical day—the teeth spring out in the 7th month, and are shed in the 7th year, when infancy is changed into childhood. At thrice 7 years the faculties are developed, manhood com mences, and a man becomes legally competent to all civil acts at four times 7 man is in full possession of his strength —at live times 7 be is fit for the business of the world—at six times 7 he becomes grave and wise, or never—at seven times 7 he is in his apogee, and from that day decays—at eight times 7 he is in his first climacteric—at nine times 7, or 63, he is in his grand climacteric, or year of danger ; and ten times 7, or three score years and ten, has by the Royal Prophet been pronounced the natural period of human life. ROBBER' IN GLAMOR.—Last week a constable having had his attention directed to the movements of a man who was carrying a portmanteau along Trongate, followed him for a short distance, when the former, noticing that he was followed, darted down a close in that vicinity, as if to escape. He was, however, captured by a watchman, who observing that the man had thrown away something as he entered the close, searched for it. This was ascertained to be a bundle of bank notes, to the value of upwards of 901., and the man, on being taken to the central police-court, was found to have an additional sum on his person, making the total amount 1121. A little inquiry soon made it clear that a robbery had been committed, and it was ascertained in • short time that the person apprehended, who is named Duncan M'Leod, was a waiter at the Buck's Head lon. It appears that he had plundered an English gentleman who was staying at the hotel of the above sum, and was endea vouring to make out of the town with it when thus cleverly apprehended.—Nor:h Btitish Mail. A swindler has lately been attempting to dupe the London brewers and distillers, and has in tome instances succeeded. His plan is to fix on some respectable publican residing in the vicinity of a brewery or distillery, and to learn whether he deals with the firm; If so, the swindler draws a cheque on a London banking-house, forging the publican's a messenger in the a ga n g andre request then ues t to t ie b sendi ng rewer or distiller, in d by caah the name of the publican, tbat " He w ould o o f n a thep otboy back kith o it, a fur the cheque." If granted, it soon appears that obli g e he bankers have no account with the drawer. Teta DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.—We exceedingly re gret to state that his Grace the Duke of :Newcastle still con tinues in the mama precarious and unsatisfactory state of health as 1% e . h av e already described. Indeed, his recovery is now considered very doubtful. The Earl of Lincoln, Lords Charles, Thomas, and Robert Clinton, and the Ladies Clin ton, are unremitting in their attentions to their much-es teemed noble parent. 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