The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-07 00:00:00

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SMITHFIELD.-o.d Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ Os; taw ditto, 31 Os to 3/ 12s; old Clover, 31 12s to 41 103; new ditto, 3/ 88 to 41 Os; and Straw, 1l is c. 11 11s per load. Trade dull, at our quotations. C UMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 41 4,5; new ditto, 3/ Os to 3l 13s; old Clover, 3/ 12s to 418 s; sew ditto, 31 5s to 410 s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ lls per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 103 to 4/ 3s; new ditto, 3/ Os to 3/ 12s; Old Clover, 31 lOs to 4/ 10s; new ditto, 31 Os to 41 Os; and Straw, 11 Is to 1/ 108 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. AARIEMT3. SOUTITALL, AUG M E 6. T —Ou IST r market was well supplied with each kind of stock to-day, whilst the general de bland ruled heavy, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 601 ; Mutton, 3s to 3s 10d; Lamb, 4s 6d to ss; Veal, 3s to 3s 6d; Pork, 3s to 3s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ItosiFont), Auu. 6.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs 8(11 d at full pri ces . I n ot h er ki n d s o f s t oc k very little was doi ng.„ n , Beef, from 2 s 8.1 to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s to 3s ion ; Lamb, 103 to 48 10d; Veal, 258 d to 33 4d; Pork, 2a 8d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 1 8 s to 20 s; and Mulch Cows with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. WES, AUG. s.—Only a limited business has been d oing, at our quotations:—Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mut ton, 2, to 4.• Lamb, 4s 6d to 4s 10d; Veal, 3s to 3s 4d per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES. --- • -- . .. ENERIL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN . or the Week ended July 31, 1851, made up from thu Returns of the I nsPeetors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales Per Imperial Quarter. RYE. I I BEANS. PEAS. PRICE • • I W42U4EA 4 T s IB 2 A S R e LE 9 Y e I 2 o 2 A s T S id I I 25s 7d I 81s Id 283 3d leDUTIES ON FOREIGN COUN. • I BARLEY. I OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Od Is Od Is Od is Od Is Od is Od T IAN TITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. "U At, 7.9,478; Barley, 2,014 ; Oats, 6,168 ; Rye, 42;, Beans, ._ _._ 2,040 ; Yeas, 310 quarters. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) TUE LORD CHANCELLOR SERVED ON THE BENCH WITH NOTICE OF ACTION. At the sittina. of the Court this morning, a man of th e name of Freeman applied to his Lurd.,hip for a writ of habeas corpus, upon certain grounds mentioned in the a ffidavit. The LORD CHANCELLOR requested the affidavit to be matter tha handed up t to hire, and aske whetheron it it w a former c as the o sme was brought before himca lion by Mrs. Cobbett, when he refused the application? The applicant replied that he did not knew that it was, and handed up to his Lordship the affidavit. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after having read the affi davit, said it was the s ame a p p li cat i on t h at was made by Mrs. Cobbett, and he should again refuse it. The applicant said, his Lordship having refused to grant him a writ of habeas corpus, he begged him to read the e-aclo,ed paper (drawing out of his pocket an envelope, which was hanged to his Lordship's secretary). The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was aware what it contained, and he could read it at any other time, bat re quested his Secretary to hand it up to him. The applicant stated it was a notice of an action, to be brought against his Lordship, under the statute to re cover the penalty of 5001. for having refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after having looked at the notice, called the applicant back, who was about to leave the court with Mrs. Cobbett, and told him that no do ubt, he, the applicant, was not aware of the nature of the act he had just done, that by serving the Lord Chancellor upon the bench with a notice of that kind the applicant had rendered himself liable to be corn inittkd fur contempt of court, but that he, the Lord C hancellor, believing it was done in ignorance, and by the bad advice of other parties, would not take any fur ther notice of it. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) 4_Julia Griffiths, a young Welsh woman, pleaded guilty ' f i° an indictment for " unlawfully and maliciously in b!eting upon Samuel Wright grievous bodily harm, by Itnig off his right ear." n It appeared that on the 14th of July, after the pri ;l7 had gone to bed in her , own house, leaving Air. Wright and her husband together, she heard them qu ar relling. She ca me d ow n st a irs, and found the two .. yisl:lon fi gting, her husband being on the ground. The per attempted to get her husband up, and had a straggle with the other man, who caught her hand in ti ! 111 ° 1 1th and bit her severely. In her rage she com -I,rttked the outrage, to which she now pleaded guilty. dews COU RT , ta ki ng a ll th e c ircumstances into consi -1 i °u, with the fact that the prisoner was in an ad aileed, state of pregnancy, and had already been in pri. 'on three weeks, sentenced her to be further impri soned for seven days. R IGHTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) .BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) L amdgr a y, ... Th© Brighton Cup. walked over ... ... ... Grand Stand Plate. la o hi e. 4gis ••• 1 74 . " -- ... ..•• 4a eebee B Utllloo. ... 2 ... 3 Won by a neck. etittO VZOttion i Freedom... Pelerine filly ..• Dorothea The Marine Stakes. 4e richel.. b dR ranee Handicap. Won easy. Licensed Victuallers' Plate. Catalp a ... Timid s awn Prestige ... • ••• Won . by a length. ___ RACING FIXT 13 righton C1ub..........., AUG a Wolverhampton ..... 11 Uuntingdon . . 12 Bandown (Woof Wight) 12 , w ading T unbridge York l kouthport ' 4l Yinouth ... 1 ... 2 SEPTE S carborou g h '''''''''''' 1 1 . ........ 2 Eccl es Warwick Ilouhe s t er LLincoln4 •••• tuno y Iladeliffe 5 Lichfi e l d . 8 Ch eadle (S 8 taff.) 8 Yar mouth L eicest er 9 10 1 We ymouth s i c l 1 1 :e L nnloUth 1 ehi/ lod e , • akeuonul an Huntl aheesatteerrfield 7 7 1 Ilar a pton Autumn Yorkshire Union Hunt 8 NOVE ... 3 ... 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 [TRES FOR 1851. 1179 T. Paisley 2l Canterbury 2l Glascomb (Radnorsh.) 22 Stourbridge 25 Derby 26 Taunton Egbam 27 Lynn 2B ... . Stirling EBEL Liverpool Autumn Hunt 10 Morpeth lO Bridgwater 1 0 Uttoxeter ll Dover ......... . ...... 11 Doncaster ...... . l6 Sandbach 23 Upton-on-Severn 23 Bedford Eglinton Park ... 23 or 24 Manchester Autumn 25 N ew market F.O . 30 IBER. Wrexham Perth .................. Newmarket S.O l3 Holy well Hunt .......• 14 Hereford Newmarket Houghton 2i Worcester [BER. First week. four 1 Th4,3lthil.ivAL OF FOUR CHINESE LADIES OF RANK.-- be ver adie s to I P L aaY Peel, just arrived at Torbay, has brought over , . natives pt the Celestial Empire, who are said r __ c cattle iet ! ; l , Bo tne and to belong to families of rank. kh o y . will in a 7,," v . e ,,_ ' Y train, arriving on Monday evendingo, a t a her kajesty. .." u4 Y3, it is understood, be presente Roman A letter from Dublin says :—" Dr. WHale, the !-,ed(i.'iftbhoelihnooAkrschfb" hop, has caused his title to be that of archbishop of that l ee e N t a o ti t o h n e al s ß io a s n t k ße o v f . D Tu r. a i T ia , H fr a o i m e, a sequence of the provisions of the Ecclesiastical Titles --aBurnptiou Act." EI.A Yes te.,a RTURE OF THE BALTIC STEAM•Sinr•— tty. afternoon the United States mail steam-ship Baltic, haPi..." Ceristock, left the Mersey for New York direct 4 i a. " , g on board the extraordinary number of 141 passengers, . a tici 'Lle cargo, and the usual mails. She rounded the rock wel"l'l.la:d4o,7t,ultEtso,ssea at half-past three precisely. `ST. j THEATILE.—M. Bouffe was too un boun, night to appear in the Fille dl' Avare, as an to,v. ..e.• Catherine; ou, La Croix d' Or, was consequently tit'eu,stituted, in which Lafont sustained the principal cha ter, the HE ev ening commencing with th e Ch eva li er du Guet. 1, 4 °typ, 4.1. p•-OYAL U VISIT.—STATUE OF TE Q UEEN AT We believe that no information of an official ai k s t y, has yet been received in town respect i ng her h Js visit to the n or th ern por ti on o f h er d ominions; and e Yend th f act tiOn l , „ e that her Majesty will prc . .ceed . to Balmoral repair dne.during the present month, nothing is known heFe subject We observe that workmen are engaged in 'I and i ti . n g the grounds in the vicinity of Holyrood Palace; , f h '' expected that, previous to the royal visit, the statue ch er Alijesty will be erected in front of the building . . t etteesttatue is now all but finished, and as a . work ,. of art . it shoe 8 tbe highest credit on Mr. Handyside Ritchie, to iccuapaittiownaosfept. rusted It i designed to commemorate the e !. e . sante tim e a Old Holyrooci" s by Queen Victoria, and is at graceful tribute to her Majesty on the part i ll (20tenerScottith subjects. It was at one time, we believe,. b ‘ . ( d dto inaugurate the statue during her Majesty s visit ; i j;etpliba_t intention has now been changed, and it will, if pos. 7 AdvertLeerr.ected before h©r Majesty's arrival.—Ldinburga th,,e,„...AL.IPORNIA AT lIONIE.—The herrings caught in h ,vv e lek district alone in two days of last week realised in I 4 :_ r u,,ttsh to the fishermen engaged in their catch no less a .', 4t;'.fialttlat 10,000/. sterling. What treasure there is in the ' ---r ` Y (4'3l:lL...Greenock Advertiser. 11M..ai....,..,,,. TTIF, SUN-, THE FETES AT VA RIS. (From Galignani's Me.ssenger of Wednesday.) RECEPTION AT THE ENGLISH InILASSY. The reception by their Excellencies th Marquis; Marchioness of Normanby, which may be considered as part of the Exhibition fetes, the intention being to do honour to the members of the Corporation of London and the Royal Commissioners who have visited Paris on the invitation of the munici pality, took place yesterday afternoon. The cards of invitation intimated that their Excellencies would be " at home" from three to six, and soon alter three nearly a hundred of the guests had arrived at the Embassy. From this time until fire the arrivals were in rapid succession. The party was one of the largest of the season, but still select, for the invitations to the British Embassy, although always on a liberal scale, are made with such discrimination that there is never rAi unpleasant crowd and such a mixture of company that the receptions become a mere empty ceremony, and the guests who are not personally acquainted with their hosts run a chance of neglect or indifference. As the guests arrived their names were called out, and they were received by the Ambassador, who stood at the en trance of the second saloon, and introduced them to the Ambassadress. At about four o'clock the President of the Republic was announced, and almost immediately afterwards the Prince gave his arm to the Marchioness of Normanby, and proceeded to the beautiful lawn at the back of the hotel, where seats had been placed for the accommoda tion of the company. The Prince was dressed in plain clothes, as at the fete of St. Cloud, wearing the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour. It was generally re marked that he appeared on this occasion much more at his ease than at his official receptions, and conversed with much less restraint than usual. When on the lawn, several of the company who had not already been pre sented to the President had that honour through the in troduction of the Ambassador. Whirst the company were seated on the lawn, or were promenading in the garden, which extends to the Champs Elysdes, they were entertained with military and other airs by an excellent brass band at the extremity of the lawn, relieved occasionally by an orchestra in the gal lery of the hotel opening on the garden. Soon after wards the doors of the buffet were thrown open, and the choicest refreshments in great abundance were at the dis position of the company. The arrangements at the buffet were such as to prevent the slightest inconvenience, and thus contrasted strikingly with what is witnessed at most of the large parties in Paris. The hospitality of the Noble Rost and Hostess was not confined to the invited guests; tables were laid out under the shade of some trees for a dinner to the musicians at the termination of their duty. _ _ Of the company, which, as we have already said, was very numerous, the English formed a large proportion, but there was a large number of the Elite of Parisian so ciety, and several distinguished foreigners. Prince Charles and Prince Lucien Bonaparte, some of the Ca binet Ministers, the members of the Corps Diplomatique, some of the most distinguished members of the National Assembly, and several general and other officers were present. Lord Granville, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London, the Mayors of Manchester, and other large towns in England, were among the English, all of whom expressed great satisfaction at the kind reception given to them by the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanhy. a reception strikingly remarkable for affability. Mr. F. Lloyd, who was present, met with a very cordial recep- tion. It will be remembered that this gentleman was the first person to give to the manifestations of friendship for France by Englishmen arriving in a body, the organisation that has since led to such beneficial results. In March, 1849, several hundreds of English arrived as an excursion party, which would have excited very little interest, and would perhaps have produced anything but a good effect, if Mr. Lloyd had not consented to act as their chairman or president. Thus organised the party were received with great honour by the authorities of Boulogne and Amiens, and on their arrival in Paris the example was followed by the Prefect of the Seine, and a splendid entertainmeut was given to them at the 110 el de Ville. The party in 1849 was not composed of distinguished persons like that which has just visited Paris, nor was the occasion of the visit one of the same importance, but it laid the ground-work of the good feeling which pro duced the recent manifestation. _ The company retired gradually yesterday afternoon, so as to conform to the terms of the invitation, all de lighted with a reception which partook in a considerable degree, from its being chiefly in the open air, and the ar rangements provided for the entertainment of the guests of the character of a fete champetre. BALL AT TEE 11.01:EL DE VILLE. The magnificent festivities of the city of Paris to their guests from England pursue their course most nobly. Last night a ball of unrivalled splendour, given by M. Berger, the Prefect of the Seine, served to prove to the foreign visitors that if they were struck with admiration at the sumptuous style of the varied entertainments with which they were on Saturday welcomed to Paris, they had in reality witnessed but little of what the French capital, the city of pleasure par excellence, can effect, when it puts on the gay and polished demeanour of the ball-room. If the previous display was designed to do honour to the male visitors, that of last night may bo looked on as a homage offered to the fairer portion of the creation. We have never seen a more truly elegant scene of gaiety:than this grand ball; and the carelessness toilette which has sometimes been perceptible amongst of the fair frequenters of the festivities of the Hotel de Ville was on this occasion completely absent. The whole of the vast range of rooms, fitted up for fes tive receptions, were last night thrown open to the3mblic. The entrance was through the Salle St. Jean, which was fitted up as a vestiary, space being, however, left in the centre to admit the guests to the grand staircase, lead ing to the state apartments. All up the staircase were placed oorbeils of the rarest flowers, intermingled with lofty girandoles of gilt bronze, a blaze of light being poured down on the whole from chandeliers suspended from the roof. The landing above presented even a richer display of shrubs and flowers, and all so arranged as to harmonise with the hangings of the adjoining rooms. On reaching the top of the staircase, the flood of light was absolutely overpowering, and the eye required some little time to get accustomed to the radiance. Two ball-rooms were fitted out for dancing, the magnificent Galerie des Fetes on the one side, and the Salle du Trove on the other. In the former, the orchestra had been placed at the eastern extremity, in place of the centre, as on other occasions, thus leav ing this noble apartment unbroken in its whole length; nothing could surpass the admirable coup d'eil which greeted the spectator here as be looked down the long range of pillars at each side, and marked the effect of the thousands of wax lights, on the curtains of white and yellow silk, on the delicate ornamental paintings of the walls, and the many coloured flags of all nations which waved above. The band in this, the principal ball-room, was tinder the direction of Strauss, who came up from the baths of Vichy, of which he is the director, to preside at this great festivity. All the rooms round the building between the two ball-rooms were fitted up with equal magnificence. Nothing could surpass the beauty of the tapestry, fur niture, and gilt bronzes which everywhere met the eye. The Salon do l'Empereur was, during the whole evening, an immense source of attraction to the English visitors, and the picture of the Emperor, from which it derives its name, was, without ceasing, the object of remark. In one of the rooms beyond, we perceived a suite of furni tare of green brocade, now for the first time offered to the public gaze, and which, for beauty of form, we con ceive to be almost unrivalled. By going round through the rooms of the Prefect's apartments, the other ballroom, the Salle du:Tame, would be at last arrived at. It remains with the same ornaments which were so much admired when it was re stored last year, and now, as then, the two noble chim ney-pieces, so beautifully sculptured by Jean Goujon, were universally admired. The orchestra in this room was directed,by Dufresne, and the distance between the ball-rooms was too great to allow the strains proceed ing from one to clash with the music of the other. The company began to arrive as early as half-past eight, and by ten the rooms were already filled. Although nearly 6,000 persons were present in the course of the evening, not the slightest confusion arose, so perfect 9 7 8 ng ro be th lo ea i r n r g angements. Many of the English gen tlemen wore court dresses, with swords and bags, whilst others a pp eare d i n scar l e t un if orms , seine to the army, other as lieutenants and deputy-lieutenants of couniits. Sir J. Musgrove also wore a scarlet coat, with a large diamond star hanging in f ront, as the mark of his civic dignity. He entered the rooms ear ly, and very n a tu ra lly ex cit e d much attention. Our old friend the Chinese, whose prowess at the banquet on Saturday was so remarkable, r r e n ci i s n e d ly iff p er r e i n u c c e e . person amongst the earliest ar rivals. showed ne w a h l i k s e throughpdort ly op hie apathy, apparentlythe rooms viewingiwith most philo the gay scene around Louis Napoleon ar rhwiihvmAeiccithpfliai : tab : df' d tPwrat la b sest een reserved for hi s receptiowniliga conducted int o E t e a n s t p e one of th e dr rbodoniibs Marquis of alreadyNor r es t e as sembled fth e diploma tic Pill, the President t corps ; man M. Berger, which were of the Assembly; M. Baroche, Minister of Forei gn and t h e the Prefect of the Se in e ; M. Du pin, and other members of the Government. Gene ommander•in-chiel of the army of P • ral Msgnan, c arts, Lords Granville and Wharncliffe, the Lord m ---syor, and several other personages of distinction. After convers ing for a few minutes with the party here collected, the Prince proceeded to make a tour of the rooms, having the Marchioness of Normenby leaning on his arm, whilst the English Ambassador conducted Madame Ber ger. The Lord Mayor came next, also conducting a lady ; and immediately behind them, in procession, appeared a long line of ministers, ambassadors, general officers, &c. The President of the Republic was re ceived throughout his progreis with every mark of re • spect, and acknowledged his reception by saluting on each side. Be afterwards passed a second time through one of the ball-rooms, and, after a stay of soinethieg less than an hour, took his departure. Ile was dressed in the uniform of the National Guard, and wore the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour, with a diamond cracliat on the left breast. Meantime the dance went gaily on in both rooms, though those engaged in it were tower in number than we have ever witnessed at a ball at the Hotel de The reason was most probably the heat, which occa sionally in the smaller rooms of communication was almost insupportable. Fortunately, a ready resource was to be found in the open Court of Louis XIV., which, being boarded over and brilliantly lit up, served as a place of promenade during the sight. The play of water in the fountain which occupied the centre of the square, and the odour of the flowers and orange trees placed around, were delightfully refreshing, atter the heat of the crowded ball-room. At halt-past elev.,n the ball was at its height, and the appearance of the larger rooms, with the mingled mass of uniforms, decorations, beautiful toilettes, and youthful beauty, LONDON, wai then a sight worth g.zing at. In the smaller rooms this eh, , ,rm was 14roken—they pri , ,ented well-dressed cru,h, and nothing more. F•:: the infor mation of whom it may concern, we have to sta'e for. the ladies' dresses white was beyond comparison the predominating. colour, and that it was a sumnicr ball; flowers appeared to have put diamonds to shame, the display of the latter not by any means amounting to the average quantity. During the evening refreshments were handed about in profusion, and the quantity of ices consumed must have been prodigious. Everything passed off most hap pily during the evening, and if the English visitors felt th',A they excited more than ordinary curiosity amongst the French portion of the guests, they could not but ad mit at, the same time that it was impossible to find greater cordiality and a more courteous feeling displayed than they met with from every one around them. When we left, at half-past two, the rooms had thinned, but the dance was still going on with unflagging spirit. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked in the grounds at Osborne yesterday morning. _ _ The . Q,ueen, with her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, drove in the afternoon, in an open carriage, to Rydc. M. and Madame Van de Weyer had the honour of accompanying her Majesty, who was at tended by the Countess of Desart, the Honourable Flora Macdonald, and Lieut.-Colonel the Honourable A. Gordon. Lord Cowley left early for London. The Royal dinner party yesterday included M. and Medulla Van de Weyer and Viscounteis Brackley. This morning, it being the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, the band of the Royal Ma rines assembled in the gardens at Osborne at seven o'clock, and played a serenade in honour of the day. The following pieces wer performed : Overture, "11 Flauto Magico" Selections, " Les Huguenots" Duetto, " Donna Cariten" . Aria, " St. Bonafacio" Duetto, " Belisario" Selection, " Da Spermestra" ▪ Mozart. ▪ l‘leyerbeer. • Mercadante Verdi. • Donizetti. • Mercadante Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Cowper, visited the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations early yesterday morning. A meeting of a committee of the Privy Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Council-office, Whitehall, on education. There were present the Lord President, Lord John Russell, the Earl of Minto, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Thomas Fremantle had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Oxford University Commission held a meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. Present—The Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell, and the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson. Major S. J. Hill had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispttches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office from the Governor of South Australia. Despatches were also received from the Governor of St. Helena. Her Majesty's body guard of Gentlemen-at-Arms, under the command of Major Harmar, were in spected on Tuesday by the captain, Lord Foley, in undress uniform. After receiving the captain in re view order, they marched past in slow and quick time, wheeled into line, went through the manual and platoon exercise, and performed several military evolutions, concluding by advancing in parade order, taking distance on the move, and giving the general salute. They were then formed, and went through the cavalry sword exercise—dismounted practice. Yesterday they were inspected in full uniform by the captain, when his Lordship was pleased to ex press himself highly gratified at the soldier-like and efficient appearance of the corps at the two in spections. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—To-day being the anni versary of the birthday of Prince Alfred Ernest, and the Queen and Court being within the precincts of the port, royal salutes in honour of the occanion were fired by the Victory and Britannia flag-ships, and the Vengeance, at Spithead, at noon. The Vesuvius steam-sloop (advanced) sailed from Spi±ead last evening for Woolwich, to embark troops for the Channel Islands, The Earl of Balcarres Indiaman, with part of the 10th Hussars on board, sailed from Spithead for Bombay this afternoon. WOOLWICH, AUG. 6.—The Vesuvius, advanced war steamer, is ordered round from Devonport to Woolwich to embark Captain Crawford's company of the Royal Ar tillery, under orders for service at Jersey. It has been found that the Bulldog steam-sloop had some defici encies to make good, which has caused the change of the first arrangements to be made. It is expected that the Vesuvius will now only take one company at a time, and, after landing the company at Jersey, will bring back to Woolwich the company relieved, and that she will embark the company under orders for Devonport on her return to the station, where she will be kept ready as an advanced war-steamer. The Lightning steam•vessel, Master-Commander H. W. Allen, is under orders to proceed to-morrow to South end with the members of the select committee who are to be present at experiments at the Shoeburynesa prac tice range. The Myrtle steamer arrived at Woolwich this after noon from Chatham. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Charles Graham, C.B. (1830), brother to the Right Hon. Sir J. Graham, Bart., has this day received his appointment to the Rodney, 90, advanced ship, at Portsmouth. Captain Graham's last employment was in command of the Castor, 36, on the East India and New Zealand station; he is deservedly one of the most popu lar fficers in the service. Richard Shambler (clerk), to Impregnable. John L. Hayward (clerk), to Centaur. The Waterwitch, 8, Commander H. Gardner, arrived at Devunport, on Tuesday morning from Portsmouth, and will sail on Thursday, taking mails for the coast of Africa. Trafalgar, 120, Captain the Lion. Montague Stopford, was seen off Devonport en route to the Mediterranean last evening, with tthe Oberon steam-tender alongside, delivering stores shipped at Portsmouth. The Styx will be paid wages in advance on Wednes day, and sail on Thursday for the Cape of Good Hope. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES.-W EDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. eacb, with 25 added, three yrs old, 7st; four, 7st 41b; five, Bst 111 b; six and aged, 9st; winners extra. The winner to be sold for 300 sovs, if demanded, &c. Bristol mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Gratwicke's The Squaw, 7st 31b ...(Kitchener) 1 Duke of Richmond's f by Ugly Buck, 7st (Garvey) 2 Mr. Smith's Duster (Charlton) 3 Betting-7 to 4on The Squaw. 'Won very easily by a length, the same between second and third. Run in 1 min. 44 secs. The Pavilion Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft; for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; winners extra. T. Y. C. Mr. Payne's Freedom, Bst 31b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Carew's Hampton, Bst 71b (A. Day) 2 Mr. Magennis's Sulky, Bst 31b (Bartholomew) 0 Betting-3 to lon Freedom, who made all the run ning, and won easily by a length; Sulky broke down. Run in 1 min. 20 secs. The Brighton Stakes of 25 sous. each, 10 ft, with 250 added, and only 5 if declared, &c.; the second to re ceive 50 sous. out of the stakes; the winner of any handicap of a clear value of 100 soya. to carry 51b extra for every such race they may win after the weights are declared; the winner of the Goodwood Stakes or Cup to carry 71b extra; the winner to pay 15 soya. to the judge. Old Course. (80 Subs., 47 of whom declared.) Lord Waterford's Lord George, Est 131 b (Charlton) 1 Mr. Pedley'a Cossack, aged, Bst 131 b (A. Day) 2 Lord Lurgan's Cumus, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Arnold) 3 The following also started but were not plsced:— Mr. Gretwicke's Landgrave, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Flatman) 0 Col. Anson's Backbiter, 6 yrs, Bst 2:b ...(S. Rogers) 0 Mr. Shafto's Westow, 5 yrs, 75t:71b... (G. E. Sharp) 0 Count Batthyany's Valentine, 6st 10lb (J. Sherwood) 0 Mr. Carew's The lleriot, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Basham) 0 Mr. Buriress's Narcissus, 4 yrs, bat 41b (Gilbert) 0 Mr. R. Oliver's Sir Rowland Trenchard, 5,t 121 b ... 0 Mr. Thelluson's Falcon, 5 yrs, sst 121 b (Cox) 0 Mr. Dorrien's The Nautch Girl, Sat 41b ...(Kendall) 0 Mr. W. B. Pearco's Tilsit, 5 yrs, sst (Rickards) 0 Mr. I. Day's Waterfall, 3 yra, sst 31b (Presse) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Westow, 6to 1 agst Lord George, 7 to 1 agst Backbiter, 7 to 1 agst Narcissus, 8 to 1 agst Sir Rowland Trenchard, 12 to 1 egst Cossack, 12 to 1 egat Landgrave, and 12 to 1 agst Cnsaus. Westow went otf with the lead, and with Neaten Girl, Narcissus, Lord George, and Sir Rowland Trenchard laid up, cut out the work for half a mile, the running then being taken up by wstNoehocaeokurntecdthhLreGourcidlrkel.a,Gdfe,orfoirhlrora h followed by Narcissus, and Sir Rowland Trenchard, Lord George next, in company with Ceteus and West ow , and a wide gap separating the lot from the whoNautcher, came w Girl as w sne e ee n ve t eer o d n a t fotet roundrhwe distance,afterwards s tturn, came a few head; Sir e R. Trenchard s ap proached, a n d won in a canter by three lengths; Cos sack, who tridesfr a om had h le o u m r e t , h. b ß ea u t a in in g 3 Cn ra te in. us 2 7 a sees. The Stewards' Plate of 5 0 soya., added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs , each, for t wo yrs old, Est 101 b; three, Bat 101 h; four, 9st 61b; five, six, and ag e d, 9 s t 101 b. The winner to be sold for 300 soy's., if demanded, &c. T. Y. C. Mr. Mare's Proslaw, 4 yrs ...............(Simpson) 0 1 Lord W. Powlett'a St. Ann, 6 yrs ........ . (Rogers) 0 2 Duke of Richmond's Ploughboy, 5 , yrs (Flatinan) 3 0 Lord Stralmore's Iresine, 2 yrs .....(Crouch) (Crouch) 4 0 Mr. Burgess's Miss Landon (Gilbert) 5 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Ploughboy, 3to 1 each agst St. Arn and Iresine, and 4to 1 agst Preslaw. A dead heat between St. Ann and Preslaw. Ploughboy bea'en head; Iresine a bad fourth. Run in 1 mm. 14 secs. Deciding heat—Even betting. Won by a length. Run in 1 min. 14 seta. THURSDAY - EVE.NING, AUGUST 7 7 1851, The Hwel-ktepers' Plate of 50 sow. (Handicap). Bristol mile. Mr. Payne'. Catalpa, 3 yrs, 7st (Harding) 1 Sir W. Booth's Timid Fawn, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Barker) 2 Mr. Burgess's Handsome Doe, 7st 1011 (Burns) 3 Thd following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. R. BAZT: , Cv 6 Abdallab, 4yrs, Bst 121b...(Rogers) 0 Mr. Barker's Tordesillas, 4 yrs, Bst llb...(Charlton) 0 Mr. Isaac Day's Mignon, aged, 7st 41b...(Waketield) 0 Mr. Wariug'a Gloom, 3 yrs, Est 1010 . ..(ereece) 0 Mr. 1); ash's Guardsman, 3 yrs, Get 101b(T Sherwood) 0 Mr. Wilsou's Ella, 3 yrs, sst 121 b.. (Kendall) 0 Duke of Richmond's!' by the Ugly Buck, out of Mar gellina, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Garvey) 0 Mr. Turner's Earns, 3 yrs, bit Sib ...(G. Mann) bolted. Bolting-2 to 1 ngst Catalapa, sto 2 e,gst -Margel lina filly, sto 1 agst Timid Fawn. Catalpa took the lead at starting, made all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths ; three lengths between .Timid Fawn and Handsome Doe. Run in 1 min. 40 secs. The Town Plate of 50 Soya,, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya each ; th roe yrs old, 7st 1010 ; four, Bst 131 h ; five, 9st sib ; 6 'Ad aged, 9st 71b ; mares and geldings allowed 310, winners extra; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs, if demanded, and allowances to be sold for less. Heats. New Coursp, Mr. Gratwicke's Cheerful, Bst 61b (Flatman) 1 5 1 Mr. Carew's Aristocrat, Bst 31b (A. Day) 6 1 2 Mr. King's Verderer, 7st 61b ......(Charlton) 2 6 3 Mr. Burgess's (E lipus, Bst slb (Burne) 5 2 4 Sir C. Rushout's Manilla, Est 41b ...(Archer) 3 4 dr Mr. Wilson's Ells, 6st 41b ...........(Gilbert) 4 3 dr First heat, won by a length; the second by a length; and the third by four lengths. The winner was put up to auction and sold for 210 sous. The meeting so far has been attended with the most complete success, the racing proving as excellent as it was plentiful, the attendance greater than we have seen on Brighton course, and the weather favourable in the extreme. The new grand stand was crowded, but truth obliges us to add, that it will require several alterations to make it what it ought to be; at present, only those who have the good fortune to obtain front places in the wings can see anything of the races; the enclosure must be raised, and the water cart brought into requisition; the dust, not merely in the road, but in the immediate vicinity of the stand, and also within the enclosure, was absolutely intolerable. BRIGHTON, THURSDAY MORNING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE BRIGHTON CUP. The Only Landgrave and Heriot will run for the Cup, Pitsford is scratched. Almost any odds on Landgrave. GREENHOUSES KNOWN to the ANCIENTS. Although some sheet glass has been found in the ruins of Pompeii, M. Humboldt has been of opinion that the ancients did not know what we call green or hot houses. M. Dureau de la Malle, of the French Insti tute, has, however, succeeded in clearing up this point in dispute to perfect satisfaction. The name of "gardens of Adonis," mentioned by ancient authors, ought to have pointed long ago at something uncommon, hidden under this appellation. Plato, mentioning them in his Phcedrus, says, that " a grain of seed or the branch of a tree, placed or introduced in these gardens, acquires in eight days a development which cannot be obtained in as many months in the open air." A ccor di ng t o an in scription discovered at Rome, Domitianus possessed in his palace on the Palatine a hothouse, where exotic plants were cultivated. Columella also, the head of Roman rural and agricultural authors, says:—" Rome possesses, within the precincts of her walls, fragrant trees, trees of precious perfumes, such as grow in the open air of India and Arabia. These gardens are em bellished with the myrtle and the crocus in flower: there you see the balm-tree of India and the cinnamon-tree covered with leaves, as well as the tree of frankincense. Italy, this fertile land, yields willingly to the wants of her cultivators, and has learnt to contain the fruits of the whole universe." In aaother passage Columella men tions portable (moveable) glass houses. It was for Ti beriva that cucumbers were to be grown fere Coto anno, which was done in frames filled with warm dung, which were mounted on wheels for bringing them close to some wall, shone upon by the sun. M. D. de la Malle cites another passage of Martialis, containing the reproach of a person to his friend, for having lodged him worse than his fruit-trees, " which children of Cilicia, for ex cluding them from winter and cold winds, are protected by glass in sheet from the blasts of Boreas, which do not admit but air and sun." Seneca goes still further, saying:—" Do those not live contrary to nature who require a rose in winter, and who, by the excitement of hot water and an appropriate modification of heat, force from the equinox of winter the lily bloom of spring?" This passage, in fine, is conclusive for proving that the Romans used steam as one of the heating agents for those Adonis gardens, which, considering their many warm-bath establishments, must have been an expedient obtruding itself on their attention.—Builder. MONEY MARKET.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille discount (according to the new tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 1011 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives au ex change of 25.07 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.02 k, it follows that gold is 0.18 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Ham burgh the price of gold is 4251 per mark, which, at the Eng lish Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.5 1 1; and the exchange at Ham- burgh on London at short being 13.6*, it follows that gold is 0.53 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1104 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.92 per cent. in favour of England; and after making allowance for differ ence of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THE FRIMLEY MuanEa.--Several contradictory statements have appeared in the newspapers relative to the disposal of Hiram Smith, one of the men who burglariously entered the house of the Rev. George Edward Holiest, at Frimley. and murdered the rev. gentleman, in October last. It may be in the recollection of our readers that Smith was admitted approver on behalf of the Crown, and that his companions, Levi Harwood and James Jones, were tried at the last Surrey Assizes at Kingston, in March last, and exe cuted at Horsemonger-lane gaol in the early part of April. Smith was ordered to be detained in custody, and it was supposed that he would have been liberated and sent out of the country. Such, however, was not the intention of the Government, as orders were given to the governor of Horse monger-lane to detain him until the forthcoming Summer Assizes for Surrey, which will be held at Croydon on Friday next. The calendar of the prisoners about to be tried there is just printed, and Hiram Smith's name stands first on the list. He is charged on the coroner's inquisition with the wilful murder of the Rev. George Edward Holiest, at Frim ley, in the county of Surrey; and further charged with bur glariously entering the rev. gentleman's house with two others, since convicted. His companions were not tried on the coroner's inquisition, therefore his being approver at the time does not save him from being tried for the offence in which he was a par ti c ipator. MIDLAND RAILWAY.—At a m ee ti ng o f th e b o ard, held at Derby yesterday, the directors decided to recommend the proprietors to declare at the approaching general half yearly meeting a dividend after the rate of 21,i per cent. per annum upon the Consolidated Stock, and upon 331.6 5 . 8 d. the unguaranteed portion of the 501. shares. BAYDITTI IN MEXICO. THE PATENT LAW A 2 ITEND:IIEAT BILL. The &..lept,=r of Psrtianseutary "accidents and of-' __________ 4: ,...___ fences," ns everybody knows, is ant to be abundant in ! (LXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.) the last week of the 5z,..0.i0n. As t he fatal moment ap- i f " MEX f.a.), JUNE 15. proaches strangulations, submersions, eeset tiore, et ! "I arrived here four days ago from Vera CI Cr. plurima mortis imago multiply every h our, and it is ! The Englishmen resident there warned us of the scarcely possilk , for the closest attentio n to keep pace often that we ,l The - • I banditti on the road, and of the necessity of goi , ng with the slaughter. But it is not very _ we. awned. r- was but one subject of conversa witnnss so fearful, so critical, and yet so proaacted Cor .; . I tiou there as to oar journey to Mexico, and that was etrug aas gl , that vshich occurred yesterday la the moos. The ut,fortunate creature whose fate it Iv a : 3 to Los ladrones. Diligences had been robbed, passm come into the world at thisinclement time was tho gers ill treated, and the whole road, t o say t h e l east Patent Ltw Amendment Bill, and for more than on hour 1 of it, was not quite so safe as Re gen t- s t ree t at noon. it may ue said to have hung between lite and d eat h, I We left Vera Cruz in a diligence strongly resent while the fetes themselves -were wrangling over the thread bling an antediluvian hackney -coach, drawn by eight mules, with three wretched, 'reedy-looking Dragoons of its exi4tencss. Deeds of this sort are usually done as au escort. The way for a league is along the with singular quietness; "mutes," the midnight hour, the sands of the shore ; aftn that we rose a bluff and muffled oar, the silent bowl, the stealthy . blade, or the gurgling pool, are all the obsequies the occasion can allow. got on the road, and a nice road it was—up to the But as this rather tardy offspring of the session trembled axles in sand, and so continued for several leagues, yesterday in the crisis of its fate, there arose over it about ascending the v►hol© way. When the sand as noisy a wrangle as might have been got up in the _ to bury th e fattest ox that was ever o ceased we second week of th e sess i on o ver a measure for register- gt on a l e et beautifully-engineered t ins monks or guns, or f or k ee pi ng th e P o p e i n order. road, but utterly neglected Very little cal cu l at i on w ill su ffi ce to s h ow th at b e t ween large enough 2 o'clock yesterday and the same hour tomorrow, seen at Benacre, and you may readily believe we did there could not be much time for superfluous discussion, not sleep a wink at night. In the morning early yet considerably more than an hour of this precious we passed the battle-ground of Cerro Gordo, where in We arrived at Jalapa time was spent in discus s i ng w h e th er there was time 1847, 9,000 Americanabeat 20,000 Mexicans,anddrove 1 them from an almost impregnable position. We saw, for ' left to carry the Bill, whether it was likely the Lords would agree to the amendments of the Commons, whose the first time, the celebrated peak of Orizaba, 17,2,50 fault it would be if there was not time, whether the oc casion was one of urgency, and whether it was pertinent about 8 and started again at 12, h • A.M., to every clause in the Bill to discuss the principle of the at feet above the level of the sea. aving whole. The disputes of doctors over a dying patient heard, as we then thought, most horse-marine accounts r travelled over a vole • are nothing to this, because, most probably, they couldvolcanic country not save the patient if they wished, whereas in this in- all day, and of banditti. NN , e arrived at Perote at night. This town stance the doctors actually had th e lif e o f t h e measure passes for the worst in all Mexico, which is saying a wholly in their power. good deal for it. The peak of Perote is 13,414 feet If the Bill came down rather late from the Lords, that above the level of the sea, and is a mark for sailors is no more than what frequently happens with measures passed up from the Commons ; b u t it h a d a l rea d y been entering the port of Vera Cruz. Started at four in the morni ng , from Perote, with an escort of discussed in three consecutive sittings of the House, and its principle adopted. Of that principle, which was six dragoons, who rode a mile or so, and then, ap proaching a bad place, asked for their usual fee, and merely a simplification of the patent laws, it is needless to say more than that it certainly is an improvement on returned. These indeed fellOws invariably run if they see thebanditti, and are supposed by most people those laws as they now stand, whether patents are good to be in league with th em . " passed through things or not. Nothing, th e n, r ema i ne d b u t a di scuss i on We then of the clauses in detail. Wh en thi s wor k h a d a d vance d some most splendid c oun t ry ; a b rupt vo l can i c pea k s to the eighteenth clause, and the House had already in- rising straight out of the plains, in all directions. vested a large share of its valuable time in the measure We had also passed some very bad places for the with some hope of a return, suddenly there arose a cry ladrones, when, just as we were mounting from a of despair, " Oh! w© shall never get through with this barranca, which is a dry watercourse, with sh''ubs measure. There is not time enough. Will there be and trees coming down to the edge of the road, and be time? It will be your fault if there is not." Three men, not at all deficient in sagacity, cons id erat i on , and beautiful turf undern e ath, I h ear d su d denly a. Alexis can voice C ot ry , ou c t ar ‘ al C o aT a m lt b o at ions h lad e r d o il n i e ig s e l n ' c f e nl p lo u w ll e ed d by e • • , habits of business—Mr. Ri car d o , M r . H en l ey, and Sir J. Graham—joined in this r emons t rance , an d k now i ng that a few more revolutions of the hour-hand on the face up instantly, and, putting my head out of the win- ' of the clock would close the session, proceeded to dove', I saw several men splendidly mounted and armed, count up the hours that remained, to number the sit- their faces concealed with black crape or dominos, tings, to estimate contingencies, as coolly ea th© man galloping at us through the bushes, and pre that Johnson describes as speculating o n th e nature o f seat i ng t h e i r p i stols and carbines. I jumped from flame when he was informed that hi s hous e wa s on fire. the carriage in an instant, with my trusty double- Sir James Graham set about it most methodically and barrelled rifle. The first bandit on seeing me pulled chronologically. The authoress of that clever little up and covered me dead with his pistol, an enormous book, " The Contributions of Q. Q.," describes a moody thing, like a young cannon , but I was too quick for pendulum taken with a sudden fit of superfluous antici him and let him have it, the whole charge hit pation. As it wagged to and fro, it began to compute ting , him in his right breast (eighteen buckshot), how many times it would have to wag in the course of the next twelvemonth, and was so overwhelmed at the which I prefer to ball on such occasions, as being sum of its future labours, that it resolved to stop. In more general in their favours. He fell back on his that case the remedy was to do what could be done, and saddle, letting go his reins, and then struggled and to accomplish step by step what seemed in the aggregate fell on the mane of his horse, and the horse galloped impossible. That was exactly the advice tendered by Mr. off into the bush with him. I then let drive at an- Labouchere and his colleagues, and at last acceded to by other who galloped up to attack us—l saw him Sir J. Graham himself. The Right Hon. Gentleman, flinch, and he turned his horse also to the forest however, did nothing but destroy the time he professed the others then cleared off. Every one who saw to deAderate. He had only to let the discussion of the the first fellow said he was dead close by, clauses go on, and there might be time enough, but a we had to go on as f as t as we cou ld,protracted expost u l a ti on f or more t i me d e f eated i ts own but object, that is, if th e o bj ec t was w h at i t professed to be. not knowing how m an y more m i g ht ma k e t h e i r tip- When Mr. Pickwick was making a retreat from a bed- pearance. The other passengers, besides Fitzwillie.m room at an inn, whi c h h e h a d m i sta k en f or h i s own, he and myself, were E ng li s h men an d A mer i cans go i ng stood at the open dour with his clothes over his arm, to California ; they had nu time to fire, but were all offering no erei of apologies, when all that he had to do armed, and got out of the diligence to make fight was to hold his tongue and be off ac quiet as he could. like men, but it was my lot to beat the ' inimy' That was exactly Sir James ' s mistake, unless, indeed, first. On arriving at Acajeto, the next town, we went he really had some sinister intention. The Knight of to the Alcade and reported what had happened be- Netherby had no particular reason yesterday for being tween the banditti and ourselves •• he thanked us with in an ill-humour w i t h th e wor ld , or for offering an irre ' gular opposition to a Mi n i ster i a l measure. So we are much politeness, and t o ld us 'to kill them all,' which at a loss to unde rs t an d w h a t h e rea l ly meant by this sin- is much easier sa id th an d one; but he sent out a gular interruption. party to the scene of action, and news came up by The Bill itself hardly pretends to be more than a tem. the last diligence that they had found one man stone porary measure for the convenience of the more tha n dead, about 40 yards from the spot where I first ordinary number of people likely to require protecdon fired, and another man shot through the for their inventions, end to take out patents, in cense- thigh and body and reported to be ' mortally quence of the Great Exhibition. It is very true that it wounded;' if he does not die, he will be is, and must ever remain, a difficulty how to secure in genuity its fruits w ith ou t ra i s i ng too many obstructions in the region of manufacture and art. The care given terror of the country all around for some time. I deserve, deal of credit, and m ore th an 1 g got here a by the Lords to the Bill, th e numerous amendments made have - in the Commons, the diversity o f op i n i on b etrayed in for what I did; it forms for the mome n t the the Cabinet, the readiness of the p romo t ers t o a d opt sag- standard topic of conversation, an d every one seems gestions even where they cann o t b © ca ll e d f r i en dl y , an d forward to thank me as a b ene f actor to t h e pu b l i c, for the modest confession of the Attorney-G enera l t h a t n i ne no Mexican dar es res i s t th ese f e ll ows, and they stop patents out of ten that would be taken out under thi s Bill carriages and coaches with impunity, even in the would probably be good for nothing, all constituted a claim city of Mexico itself. The newspapers, too, to Sr James Graham's consideration, for they showed, have said a great deal about it, expressing that notwithstanding the pressure of time, the difficulties a wish that Mexicans would act like English of the question had been fully considered. Sir James, men, and show some amount of pluck. Edward is however, in an unlucky moment, as we think, seems to gone to Guadalaxara—l shall return to the United have taken Finding, th ere all fore, his these th ri irg vals s , u as s he syo thought, at toms of weak a nnessoh- a . States ; there you see race of men who before lo n g vions disadvantage, he follo we d u p hi s success w i t h will take the lead in th e wor ld f rom a ll t h e E uropean merciless rigour. In so doing he overshot his mark. nations , • tcertai n ly time just as as moves on. A little reflection would have suggested to him that he " Yours, &c., "S. T. CLISSOLD. might as well be content with the protests ho had al- " P.S. I open this again to tell you that the Alcade ready made, and really leave to Government the reason- at Puebla has sent to say that the second bandit died sibility of the measure. If they cannot carry it this the next morning." session, why should Sir James fret about it? If it is carried and works ill, it will soon have to he amended, and Sir James will doubtless have a very potential voice in the amendment. For our own part, we are by no means sanguine as to the measure, though just now we believe it to be a matter of necessity, so great is the race of invention in this extraordinary year. It seems to us very fairly adapted to meet this particular crisis, when there are multitudes of competing inven tions, only a few of which will be able to maintain their ground against the rest.— Tunes. 15 11w CRYSTAL PALACE out of DANGER? (From the Weekly News and Chronicle.) The House of Commons have decided by a majority ' of 75 to 47 for an address to the Queen, praying her Majesty to direct that the Crystal Palace be kept standing till the Ist of May next, so as to give an op portunity of determining upon its ultimate destina tion—we trust that the building may be considered safe. The discussion on this motion was anything but creditable to the minority. Greater fatuity has hardly ever been talked in Parliamene—always ex cepting the anile and interested nonsense vented by Lord Campbell and the dowager interest in the House of Lords on a similar occasion—than was gravely emitted by the opponents of the motion in the Lower House ou Tuesday night. Every thrice-refuted objection was revived, and some new ones specially invented for the occasion. The Chancellor of the Exchequer talked of the expense of keeping the building in repair ; it being notorious to every one not under the spell of official ignorance that Messrs. Fox and Henderson have undertaken to do the needful in the way of resto ration for twenty-one years at an annual cost of 5,500/.; and to remove the boarded sides, substi tute glass, and put the roof and every part of the building into efficient repair for 12,0001. or 15,0001. Then :again there was the old nonsense as to the non-stability of the building; and this after the repeated declarations of the same high-spirited and enterprising firm, as to its perfect security and fitness to last out three or four generations of IVoods, Inglises, and Sibthores. One of the most whimsical discoveries made by Honourable Members was, that though petitions had undoubtedly come in, from Glasgow to the Land's End, against the demolition of the structure, ,yet no corresponding activity of petition had been shown in the metropolis; the truth being, first, that numbers of petitions, more especially from the suburbs, hare already been presented ; secondly, as Mr. Wakley observed, that the Londoners cannot conceive the possibility of such Vandalism as that the popular branch of the Legislature should con sent to the demolition of that which the Great City regards with pride as its greatest ornament. As to the pitiful plea of the necessity of keeping the public faith, we really have no patience with its hypo crisy. Faith from whom to whom? Why, from the public, as represented in the House, to the public out of doors. But the whole public out of the House, Times newspaper and all, is against the removal. By peti tion heaped upon petition, the people are declaring to the House that the very thing of all others they most deprecate is that this faith should be kept in the sense in which a few old women, interested house holders, and official lordlings, insist upon keeping, it. Out of deference to what we supposed your wishes, oh, petitioning public! say the Commissioners and her Majesty's Ministers, we made a certain com pact; you now tell us your wishes are wholly against our keeping it; it may be so—but we are sorry we can't help it; what we ima gined to be your wish must prevail; the cola pact must be observed. Why, where is the must?— what creates the necessity ? cessante ratione cessat et ipsa lex; the supposed ground of obligation turns out to have no existence, and yet the obligation is to be binding; the letter of the law is to be enforced, though the reason of the law has ceased. What makes the whole business, if possible, more absurd, is that as far as Messrs. Fox and Henderson are concerned, they distinctly waive all idea of keeping the Coulmis sioners to the letter of their bond. Really the tone and temper of the House on this debate has been so unsati s f ac t ory , th e attitude of the Commissioners and h er Majesty's Min i s t e rs so equally balanced between apathy and lukewarm ness, that our advice to our metropolitan „readers would still b e " P e titi on , petition, petitio n. _ Let it not ag a i n b e i n t h e p o wer of Honourable Mem bers to sssert that London is i n different on thi s question. However gracious her Majesty's reply t o the address, there can be no harm in , a little exce ss o f zeal, when the object is to oppose so gross a n act o f Vandalism, as the wa nton demolition S of the most characteristic and beautiful structure ofourti n me a s, which, at so mode rate a cost, and with so slight exertion of contriving skill, may be made a perpe popular cult ure . of health, recreation, and t u al source We are happy to hear that the distinguished and va l ua bl o services rendered to the G reat E xhibition by Alder man Farncomb, the late Lord Mayor, at a time when assist ance was so much required, and when the success of the great event was exceedingly doubtful, will not be passed un rewarded or unnoticed by her Majesty, as we understand Ithat it is intended very shortly to confer upon the worthy alderman the dignity of A baronet of the United Kingdom. Chronic,e, LITERATURE. CLAUE ABBEY, By the Authoress of " 7-he Liscipline of Life: - 2 Vols. Cc/burn. The admirable moral so beautifully set forth in that verse of Longfellow which she selected as tic motto of her first work— " Not enjoyment and net sorrow Is one destined end or way, But to act that each to-morrow Find us further than to-day." has been kept in view by Lady Emily Pontonby throughout each succeeding prod uc ti on of her delightful pen. Again, in " Clare Abbey," as in its predecessors, we find a group of beautifully deli neated characters, and a series of interesting and well-narrated incidents, combining to set forth and to impress upon us the importance of every seemingly insignificant trifle of that sc-caked chapter of acci dents—life. Like the pebbles on the sea-beach, which become beautifully rounded and po lished by their continuous, and sometimes not very gentle intermingling, so the heroes and heroines of these narratives become throughout the course of, the history so beautifully recounted to us, chastened by affliction, tempered by trial, and finally perfected by the continual discipline of every-day life. In this respect " Clare Abbey" resembles the former works of this authoress, while us a story it surpasses them in interest. The character of Camilla is beautifully natural, and is loveable in the midst of her many imperfections. We shall not attempt, however, to give any analysis of the tale —we com mend it very cordially to all who can :appreciate natural beauties, whether in the portraiture of the characters or in the style of the narrative. RALPH • I ?UTHERFORD. By the Author of A a naval The Petrel." 3 Vols. - novel, by the author of the " Petrel," will be welcom e to aollfwbo take pleasure in that very fasci nating species literature, which interweaves with a romantic story the yet more romantic narrative vicissitudes of the stormy deep. Admiral Fishe r l reported t o b e the author of the volumes ab ove_mentioned, and the of book bears internal evidenceits sailor ori g i n . To is give an analysis of its contents somewhat embar rassing. Ralph Rutherford is a est gloriou s sa il or h ero, war re in his vari - and the reader follows him with ous adventures by sea and land, i nand in peace, until at lat , t he leaves him with his fair Julia, to en joy the happiness so dearly purchased, and so , well deserved by his gallant career. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1851. TIIESDAY.—The Cesarewitch Free Handlelp of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and 300 added. Acceptances to be signified on or before Sept. 9. Age, Rhesus 5 Comas Tightwaist King of Oude Newininster 3 King Charming Darkie Clasher 3 Cloth worker Panope 4 Vancouver ..... 4 Heart of Oak Nancy .... The Macaw 3 Paquette La FiancCi3 Bastinado Sister to Little George 3 Dulcet S4uter-la-Coupe Nutshell Little Jack Tophana Age. Snowstorm The Italian Constellation 3 Consolation Border Boy Mark Tapley Cocktail 5 British Boy Langton 5 Chief Justice 4 Pinch Cyclops 3 Bacton Aristos Warwick B f by Harkaway, dam by Rust 3 Seaman 4 Grand Duke 3 Letterpress Ephesus 3 Waterfall Qucksand Nutcracker Reindeer Phlegethon Cane Cossack a Salute Larnartine 3 Abderhaman 3 Essedarius Runnymede Grecian 3 Antigone ... 3 Elthiron Hippolytus Pitsford 4 Hernandez Hothorpe Br c by Velocipede, Landgrave 5 out of Lady Geral- Cheerful dine Valentine Goldfind©r 3 Exeter Trickstress Theseus 3 Vatican 5 Westow 5 Teddington Mrs. Taft Sledmero G by St. Martin, out Aphrodite of Bess —"— 3 Breba 3 Candlewick Calmar Old Dan Tucker Glenhawk Miss Flyaway ...... ... 3 Cariboo .... ...... C by Tearaway, dam Barcelona by Alcaston Fogleman ... 6 Loadstone 6 Neasham Confidence Hungerford Harp 3 Montague Remunerator ......... 4 Garforth The Heriot Windischgratz 4 Lady Evelyn 5 Clarissa 5 Herbert Gay Lass Unity 3 Jack Looming Lough Bawn 3 True Blue 3 Bedford .... Aaron Smith 3 Combatant Flying Gout 5 Black Doctor Marchioness Sir Charles Terpsichore Fire-Eater Recruit Marlborough Buck ... 3 Woolwich 5 Wansdyke 4 Sister to Clothworker 3 England's Glory Tragedian 3 Brother to Willingham 3 The weights to be declared Sept. 2, and the accept ances Sept. 9. THE HOUGHTON MEETING, 1851. Nominations for the Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 goys. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Sept. 9. Age. I Age- Ribaldry Rhesus Cureus Tightwaist Nevaninstpr King Charming Darkie, by Sir Hercu les, out of Dark Susan 4 Clasher 3 Eliza Middleton Tragedian The Ebor Snowstorm The Italian Constellation Chief Justice Pinch Mark Tapley Cyclops Sprite filly Becton Warwick Truth Grand Duke Letterpress Nautch Girl Ephesus Haricot Wiudhound Knight of Gwynne Abderhaman Prime Minister Narcissus Velox Antigone Officious William the Conque- Nancy Hookem Snivey Paquetta La Fiane6 3 Dulcet Sauter la-Coupe Manifold Little Jack Royal Hart Nutshell Clelia 4 Reindeer Pialegethon Cane Midas Cossack a Lamartine 3 Essed arius 5 Runnymede ........ 3 Grecian 3 Panope Vancouver Alonzo Elthiron —s Piteford 4 linthorpe Equiria Wostow 5 Theseus 3 Candlewick lanthe Tonic 3 Ellerslie 6 Woodlark 5 Glenhawk 3 C by Tearaway, dam by Alcaston Uriel 5 Mountain Deer 3 1' by Pantaloon, out of Fugleman's dam GU) , Mannering Curl Neaslaam Vivandiere Hungerford Harp 3 Heriot Windifchgratz 4 Clarissa 5 Unity 3 Lough Bawn 3 F by Alpheus, out of Boarding School Miss 3 Swindler Forester... 5 California . "Eolus Flying Gout Sister to Wanota 3 Deceitful Confidence 4 Recruit . . Marlborough Buck Falcon England's Glory ror Beehunter 4 Hernandez Mokanna Landgrave The Nigger Hesse Homburg Exeter A nspach Vatican 5 Teddington Aphrodite Vermuth Merry Peal Cranberry 4 Breba Bordeaux Gaylass 3 Presto Ariosto 3 Heroine 5 Catalpa 3 Fauxpas Strongbow Loadstone 6 Borneo Harpsichord.,. 3 Wallflower Montague 5 Garforth Herbert 5 Lady Evelyn ..... 5 Humphrey SirßowlandTrenchard 3 Jack Leeming ......... 3 Bushranger ............ 4 Iracundus ............. 3 Russborough ............ 4 Follow-me-lads ...... 3 Black Doctor ......... 3 B c by Gladiator, out of the Abbess 4 Pessims .................. 4 Fallow Deer ............ 6 Calmar .................. 5 Woolwich ............... 5 131 c byPrince Caradoe, out of Julia Bennett 3 Post Tem pore Sardan apul us DISCONTINUANCE OF THE ENTERTAINMENTS ON BOARD THE CHINESE JuNx.!--The illuminations with the music and dancing, which have been for some time pro ceeded with on board the Chinese Junk, have been suddenly discontinued by the peremptory command of the City Navi gation Committee, arising, it is said, from the complaints of some of the inhabitants of Essex -street and vicinity, tenants of the Duke of Norfolk, made through his Grace's solicitor. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Yesterday the receipts for season tickets amouuted to 221., and the payment at the doors realized 2,8331. 4s. making a total of 2,855/. 4s. 6d. The number of visitors, according to the police report, was 59,139. _ --- - THE LATE ESCAPE OF HACKETT FROM THE MODEL PRISON, AND HIS ARRZFAL IN NE 11' YORK. At the close of an inquest yesterday, at the Model Prison, Fentonville, on a prisoner who died there, Mr. Wakley, M.P., the coroner, and the jury, expressed their surprise at Hackett's escaping from so well watched and so strongly secured a prison. Mr. Bridby, the house surgeon, joked in the surprise, and said that he eiffected his purpose by cutting his way through the flooring of his pew during Divine service i❑ the afternoon of Sun day. He cut his way through the flooring with the hoop of his door, which he broke off, fastened to a spoon, and converted into a saw. So anxious were the prison au thorities to remove all chance of escape from him, in con sequence of his having; twice before relieved himself from custody, that they put him to the tailorin* trade, as thus any implement would be put beyond his reach, needle end thread alone being allowed for his trade. Letcly lie wrote from New Yerk to the governor, in forming him that. be (Hackett) had arrived safely there, and kindly hoped that the governor enjoyed the same freedom and happiness which he (Hackett) enjoyed in the land of freedom. The Coroner expres.ed his surprise that the noise of the working, cf the saw did not attract the attention of the persons in the chapel. Mr. Tubbs, the summoning officer, replied that the operation was, no doubt, performed during the singing of the palms.—(Laughter.) BALLOON ACCIDEN7'. Tuesday evening witnessed au acc id ent w hi c h a ll b ut resulted with loss o f life to the unhappy female aeronaut engaged. The lady in question was the celebrated Ma -1 dame Palmyre Garneron, and the scene of her operations was Batty's Hippodrome, at Kensington, v,hence Mrs. Graham took her disastrous flight last June. The ascent took place about seven o'clock. The wind was rather strong at the time and blowing south-west, and the moment the machine was r, leased from its moorings it rose very heavily, and barely cleared the circus iuclo sure. Madame Garneron immediately emptied a bag of ballast among a large crowd who were watching it in Victoria-road, but before she was able to discharge another the car of the balloon struck the projecting garret window of No. 1, Madeley-villas, which is just on the opposite side of Victoria-road to the Circus, and is an instant the poor lady was seen with her feet entangled in the netting at the side of the half inverted car, and hanging right out of it with her head downwards. A loud exclamation of horror burst from the frightened crowd, and just at the critical moment, when they ex pected to see the balloon (out of which a sand bag had rolled) rise with its unhappy occupant in that tearful situation, the netting caught in a stack of chimneys, the balloon at once collapsed with the shock, and in a few seconds it was hanging helplessly flapping over the house side into the garden, while the unfortunate lady was left lying on the roof. Wonderful to say, she had received no injury, and after she had recovered from the faintness caused by the sudden escape of such a vo lume of gas she stood up and feebly waved her acknow ledgments to the spectators below, who hailed her safety with loud cheers. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Peter Cun ningham (whose houses have a joint roof), with their domestics and policemen, immediately rendered her every assistance. On several occasions we have had to speak severely of Lamartine's undignified traffic of his great reputation. There is nothing in the trade of literature at which he seems abashed. To put money in his purse is so absorbing an aim, that he seems almost reckless of the means. What will the reader think of Lamar tine—once the greatest name in France—now reduced to such straits that he bribes the subscribers to his paper by the offer of a free passage to London, so that they ni , a 3 see our Crystal Palace, and read his e l oque nce for one year's subscription! A theatre once t r i e d to l ure unwilling audiences by the premium of " a glass of gin and an apple " to each visitor; and in the same spirit Lainartine placards the walls with— " Voyage a Londres sans rien payer ! Abonnez vows au Pays par A. de Lamartine." Is not this pitiable ? What a degradation of a great name! Is it then so? All that eloquence, all those sounding periods, all that self-laudation, magnificent, heroism —and no readers unless you lure them with a trip to London? Through Grecian literature there runs a boding voice," Count no mart happy till you see his end ;" for the end may efface the hea venly brightness of those early years ; the noon may ruin what tho morn began! Who that applauded Les Meditations, Jocelyn, Les Harmonies, ever thought to see the poet drag ging his name thus servilely through the dirt? Such cob webs to catch flies will not prepossess readers in favour of his Histoire de la Restanration, the two first volumes of which lie on our table ; and yet those volumes are the least egotistic and offensive of all his writings, and may be commended as fascinating romance of history, if not vary grave and instruc tive.—Leader. VISITOES TO TYKE HOUSES OF LORDS AND COMmONS• -Great disappointment was yesterday experienced by a large number of person s , w h o , h av i ng possessed themselves of te admission orders of the Lord Chamberlain, came (ala visit to see the Houses of Lords a n d C ommons, but who had a_ to return ungratified with a sight, i n consequence otni... "e early sittings of both branches o f th e L eg i s l ature. The num bers, bers, more particularly on a Saturday, that, after visiting the a part of great Exhibition in Hyde-p ar k , wend their way, as l n their toot - through town, t o see th e great sea t s m el b s er en o a f t ‘ o , r is ia i! labour, is astonishing. O n S atur d ay last the tors to see the House of L or d s a l one amounted v isitors from to 10,600, a large majority being f ore i gners and E x hibition the manufacturing an d rura l di str i c t s . The Committee rooms of the House of Commons also Air.are Barry's corridors, view," and many are the admirers of;constantly " on the richly-paneled long enough for the longest rifle g. wainscots of polished oak, and h costs 501. alone for each traenriech maroon and dark give the green papering, which, it said,the intention of the authorities Commons to keep both houses open for room. It is understood to be of both the Lords and opportunity of seeing them. two months after the term multitude of visitors an BE EXHIBITION, termination of the session, to — About six P.m., A MANIAC visitorsATT of the Crystal Palace were alarmed on Tuesday the ry conduct of a respectably-dressed man by the ex!raor din , 3 a " sickle that he had seized, threatens who, brandishing on a gentleman near him, and but for some serious e a3 '.:sistance of a policeman would have jumped the iinmediau 3- H o made a desperate resistance, and to be with d•fr fromad as I lenity restrained and re moved so " court adjoining wasteto the - the superintendent's office. m oved la • ben carri d having e ed about, A boar intimating that a medi cal man was wanted in the south transept, Dr. Badeley, of ch o ms ford, who ;panedhae to be there with his family, stepped forward, and onducted to thepatient,and at once pronounced that be was suffering from a violent paroxysm of msnia, and required to be carefully watched, and restrained from doing any injury to himself or others. On searching him four sovereigns and a halt, with some silver and pence, were found on him, and a small memora &int book, but as it contained nothing that indicated his name or address, Dr. Badeley advised that he should be re moved under a proper escort to St. George's Hospital, which was done accordingly, but where, on visiting him at seven o'clock, Dr. Badeley found him still very violent, and nar rowly escaped having his front teeth knocked out by him; indeed, so strong was he that it was with difficulty five or six policemen could con t ro l hi s strugg l es. He appeared, into the his memoranda, t o h ave b een recent l y admitted o ters the company of Foresters, and he ejaculated " The Foresters no is a teetotaller. for ever" in the gallery whe n h e was t a k en . There ra Fres evidence of inebriety, and it is believed that he 6 . THE MURDEtt AT TLIRAVDESTON •- ETE, Auci. -We mentioned in yesterday's Stnttur the co mmittal of John e of bis servant, Mickleburgh, the farmer, for the ihrd Mat fair. On being ary Baker, Tbrandeston village con ducted to the gaol at Ipswich, after being temporarily elca- mieed by the magistrates a ttempted to destroy himself by seizi g a knife from 0 fr' he and perhaps would have e succeeded but for the prompt interference of the police who accompanied him. . 1 i oa tterwards became wretchedly de jected. He reltised h i s food, and when brought up for re-ex =illation on Monday, he appeared much reduced. Ind ee d , fell to the ground from apparent proceedings, he during the is about 41 years of age, and his counte exhaustion. not the most pleasing character. As may he mince ii nOv of d the affair has produced the most intense excite imagine , . • the district. DICIIt in :11," r