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

7,1*Z1. fiths, Quebec; Industri , 6:::,) i,zsasa,n, Ou , in. l'idhc.cey, .41.ific... OFF NEWPORT, AUG. 6. —IV ia :I N.E .1.e(.1 ma, 41 :w 2 c, Quebec. bi;i. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEVZGATE AND LEADENEL.C.a.Z... The general demand has been heavy to-day, at barely stationary prices :—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2 s 6d to 3 s 8d; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per 8113.?, by the carcase. HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 41 0a; iltivr ditto, 31 Os to 31 12s; old Clover. 31 12s to 41 10); law ditto, 318 s t o 41 O s; an d St raw , 1/ I s to 1111 s per load. Trade dull, at our quotations. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 41 4s; new ditto, 31 Os to 3/ 13s; old Clover, 3/ 12s to 4186; sew ditto, 31 5s to 41 Os; and Straw, I/ 2s to 11 lis per 'Dad. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly. WHITECRAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 10s to 4/ 3s; l lovi ditto, 31 Os to 3/ 12s; Old Clover, 31 lOs to 4/ 105; ke', ditto, 31 Os to 4l O s; a nd Straw, 11 Is to 11 10s per l oad. Supply good, and trade dull. ME A MARKETS. SOUTRALL, AUG 6.— T Our market was well supplied with each kind of stock to-day, whilst the general do band ruled heavy, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s to 3s 10d; Lamb, 4s 6d to ss; Veal, 3s to as 6d; Pork, 3s to 3s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ItOIiFoRD, AUG. 6.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs sol.d at full prices. I n o ther kinds of stock very little was do ing. Beef, from 2a 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s to 3 s lOd; Lamb, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; Veal, 2s 8d to 3s 4d; Pork, 4 1 8d to 3s 6d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 20s; ;ad Mulch Cows with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. doing, s.—Only a limited business has been at our quotations :—Beef, from 3s to 3s l Od; Mut tcri, gs to 4s • Lamb, 4s 63 to 4s 10d; Veal, 3s to 3s 4d Per Sibs. CORN AVERAGES. • ___ • For GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN the Week ended July 31, 1851, made up from the Returns of the per Imperial sln i the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales Quarter. PRICE I • WHEAT IBABLET.I OATS. I 1 BYE.. BEANS. PEAS. 4 2s 4d •• 252 9d I 22s 7d I 25s 7d 318 ld 1282 3d ntEs. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 19 T. BARLEY, I OATS. I RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. Od Is Od is Od is Od is Od Is 03 4A NTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. Wheat, 79,478 ; Barley, 2,014 ; Oats, 6,168 ; Rye, 42 ;. Beans, 2,040 ; Peas, 310 quarters. CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) TELE LORD CHANCELLOR SERVED ON THE BENCH WITH NOTICE OF ACTION. At the sitting of the Court this morning, a man of the name of Freeman applied to his Lordship for a writ of habeas corpus , up on on certain grounds mentioned in the affidavit. I) The LORD CHANCELLOR requested the affidavit to be handed up to him, and asked whether it was the same matter that was brought before him on a former occa sion by Mrs. Cobbett, when he refused the application? The applicant replied that he did not know that it was, and handed up to his Lordship the affidavit. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after having read the affi davit, said it was the same application that was made by ears. 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 enclosed paper (drawing out of his pocket an envelope, which was handed to his Lordship's secretary). The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was aware what it contained, and he could read it at any other time, but 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 (lover the penalty of 500/. 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 doubt, he, the applicant, was not aware of the nature of the act he had jest done. that by serving the Lord Chancellor upon the bench with a notice of that kind the applicant had rendered himself liable to be com mitted for contempt of court, but that he, the Lord Chancellor, believing it was done in ignorance, and by tha bad advice of other parties, would not take any fur ther notice of it. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY Julia Griffiths, a young Welsh woman, to pleaded guilty au indictment for " unlawfully and maliciously in !eting upon Samuel Wright grievous bodily harm, by lbiting off his right ear." _ appeared that on the 14th of July, after the pri nner had gone to bed in her own house, leaving Mr. Wright and h er h us band together, she heard them Q u arrelling. She came down stairs, and found the two r ; n fighting, her husband being on the ground. The g p ,,t ) ner attempted to get her husband up, and had a brggie with the other man, who caught her band in til ! / z "uth and bit her severely. In her rage she em itted the outrage, to which she now pleaded guilty. t i.: ll a COUR T , taking all the circumstances into consi fttiun, with the fact that the prisoner was in an ad v"(lad state of pregnancy, and had already been in ?rhea three weeks, sentenced her to be further impri 'coned for seven days. RIGHTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) ( 3 Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) tandgrave . The Brighton Cup. ... walked over Labia .•. Agis rieebee Buono°. . Grand Stand Plate. Won by a nook. RACING FIXT I Bri AUG ghton Club 8 Wolverhampton hUntingd on ll 12 13andown(lele of Wight) 12 headin g Tunbridge York Southport ,- - ... 1 lycafiuth ... 2O Scarborou g h sEPTi 1 ~ales ............ . 1 ~Watveick -tc... oche2ter Lincoln liflna y .. . 5 liadcgli fie 8 Lich field 10lfeadle (Staff.) 8 lYarmouth eiceater. Weymouth ............ ... 2 ... 3 JRES FOR 1851. UST. I P a isley 2l Canterbury 2l Glascomb (Radnorsh.) 22 Stourbridge 25 Derby 26 Taunton Egham 27 Lynn Stirling ,MBER. Liverpool Autumn Hunt 10 Morpeth Bridgwater lO Uttoxoter Dover Doncaster Sandbach Upton-on-Severn Bedford Eglinton Park ... 23 or 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket P.O 3O OCTOBER. Monmouth ............... 1 Wrexham Richmond Caledonian Hunt ...... 1 Newmarket S.O l3 Chesterfield 1 Holyvrell Hunt .........14 Chester lismpton Autumn 7 Newmarket Houghton.. 27 Yorkshire Union Hunt 8 NOVEDIBER. Worcester . -------=_-- S.LB of INTERESTING AUTOGRAPPIS.--Yesterday the sale of an interesting collection of autograph letters took Vice at the rooms of Messrs. Sotheby aisct Wilkinson, Wel 401i4ton - s t r e e t Strand. They consisted...of the correspondence "f David ~Garrick and other distinguished actors, actresses, i;ssfoi five 03,e,f note letters David of ".,.rid dramatic authors; the secret . correspondence of Charles a. With&c., planning his escape from Canis b Captain Titus, rook Castle, &c. Six lots of the correspondence Garrick produced 71. 55.; a draught fo . r L 6o/., drawn by Oliver „_qoldsmith in favour of D. Garrick,witowa. promissory IL, B. Sheridan for 1001. to Garrick, fr om p Titus,ub I i al" e e d . , rn Addison to Ambrose Phillips, 5/. 19s s .; f d o h u c r u l m et e t n e t r s s , fr a o n m d ~I l' R. Steel to Phillips, 21. 125.; letter papers relating to the Byron family, 211. '-'°rlespondence of King Charles I. and lerin Kinif i Charles g the imprisonment of the monarch in Carisbrook ~,!liitled Cap tai nsao some autograph letters ro . om enrietta Ca Th ta e in un 11, to Titus, &c., several letters rt . alla • , a ria, puree which be- ; -1 therine his Queen, together with a bead p Queen of Charles 1., several from Charles 11. and 0 4e llged to Charles 1., and an elegantly formed chalice carved . at of boxwood, with numerous cups therein, cut out of the aolid wood, and forming ono lot, produced 132/. 4s. :ur ladies ... 'ARRIVAL OF POUR CHINESE LADIES OF RAN K•"" 4 : he ship Lady peel, just arrived at Torbay, has brought , natives of the Celestial Empire, who aresaid to ca m e handsome and to belong to families of rank. They 'will ia t° IL L° f ll „ de n b ' y train, arriving on Monday even d ing, an er d - Majesty --Nv tlaY3, it is understood, be presente to h ...._OA letter from Dublin says :—" Dr. M'Hale, the .!! man Catholic Archbishop, has caused his title to be .hanged in the books of the National Bank of Tuam, from in of archbishop of that see to the Most Rev. Dr. M'Hale, 4.48. teuanizzsrpetartuoanTnuctecEott.,!he provisions of the Ecclesiastical Titles terd OF THE BALTIC STEAM•SHIP.—Y.e.s -c Ily afternoon the United States mail steam-ship Baltic, h a P t ,aa on left the Mersey for New York direct, having oh board the extraordinary number of 141 passengers,' ~,_rge cargo, and the usual mails. She rounded the rock -au stood out to sea at half-past three precisely. ST T Well I "A.M RS'S THEATRE.—M. Bouffi was too Utl b „ e s,t night to appear in the Fille dl' .Avare, as an sZ"e"t• Catherine • ou, La Croix d'Or, was consequently _a stituted, in whicl Lafont sustained the principal cha r, eter, the evening commencing with the Chevalier du Guet Ivictlraell3t°er:'.l73(: .....YAL VISIT.—STATUE OF THE QUEEN AT We believe that no information of an official has yet been received in town respecting her b ajeurs yet the northern portion of her dominions ; and ac e , Yond the fact that her Majesty will proceed to Balmoral oh ", time during the present month, nothing is known here r .. "le subject. We observe that workmen are engaged in 29,a.iring the grounds in the vicinity of Holyrood Palace ; 1 „ 1 ° 1 It is expected that, previous to the royal visit. the stfaue J r % her Alajesty will be erected in front of the building. T he statu e is now all but finished, and as a work of art it• erects the highest credit on Mr. Hand side Ritchie, to Whom it was entrusted. It is designed to commemorate . the t 7 e uPation of "Old Holyrood" by Queen Victoria, and is at `,°, same time a graceful tribute to her Majesty on the art of her Scottish subjects. It was at one time, we believe, !Mended to inaugurate the statue during her Majesty's visit; li 'T that intention has now been changed, and it will, if pos . I N be erected before her Majesty's arrival. —Edinburgh ...advertiser. ties_llrOßNlA AT HOME. —The herrings caught in her e Wick district alone in two days of last week realised in. ud cash to the fishermen engaged in their catch no less a I 114 than 10,0001. sterling. What treasure there is in the 111t. Y deep I —Greenock Advertiser. 1 rists, iin 4 JEW S ' GOCK•_. were Ow n and 70° lerioan on 7ptifal St 300 Sea der seal it were I eration.' Pier prices* 2g. 9d. pa 9oribed ." For P ir d tly preili 6 .' /tile buo y , 17s. 64 ,', 5 me inake- r, and Oi t a ' ri the 6se d 3e bueir le— r s. Cope d it devvi u• N 3 of g °9 :: f 13 ° 1 ' - 0 2 , 01 0 1 be q u° ,, " ; ;pelter extent; o iled tir o refusing„ The " — s i g es t 3, 6 but it 15 has col io stocks the 11c4 I the pr aj 1 from t: frail j'e rood .f,a jug ded assist tb! Lainesa . a t sic 11 wits 56 1 0 . n fio van"' b oo I bore • r" Tb gew 9 90 98 i to 0 , The P h o being St diO a I° ;pao• ; s h Centro' b 0 1 St ° ° 7 )0 ;40 114. 'OO ipso° op r 0 ol e ; the _ icashiv tained 011 19 5 0 ° ; 51 ,47 $ 1 438 6 ~2 179;th 1 604 - 4 796 6:54$ 161 6I r 1476 5,4 90 4 ) 98 ni 5 261 %d• 19 p ) 46 - 46 49 P 46 499 0 O'Cljv L 4 ?A., • IOWX 5 3 4, 38 1 4 4000' n AY.) OLP [S •L'," Bs& its. goer rrd. 1. Celt' 9/1.181 3clre w'6 ' Li l e ' Gl o a ts; cl. S t6P Viz° 1310 P l3ll 14 Jaff e li leo bea; '°l° i kr geff b o g 0; •-SICL -fork. f oul c o la fl is) , d atv calf 311 c alled 1 0 g A re triog' %.- Ala • We; 400 Age* - ,534 THE SUN, •THE FETES AT PARIS. (Fr)m Galignani's Alessefiger of WeCinesday.) RECEPTION AT THE ENGLP:H EMBAbSY. The reception by their Excellencies use Marquis and 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 after three nearly a hundred of the guests had arrived at the Embassy. From this time until five the arrivals were in rapid succession. The party was ono 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 an 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 Jete of St. Cloud, wearing the grand cordou 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. _ Whilst the company were seated on the lawn, or were promenading in the garden, which extends to the Champs Elyseas, 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 Host 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 Normanby. 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 pereon 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 folluwed by the Prefect of the Seine, and a splendid entertainment was given to them at the 116 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 jag champ 'are. BALL AT THE HO I'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 effeot, 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 be looked on as a homage offered to the fairer portion of the creation. We have never seen a more truly elegant scene of gaietyithan 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 thelpublic. 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 TrOne 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'ceil which greeted the spectator here as he 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 under 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-roonss 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 de 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 ture of green brocade, now for the first time offered to the public gazd, 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 ball-room, the Salle du:TrOrie, 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 were the arrangement& Many of the English gen tlemen wore court dresses, with swords and bags, whilst others appeared in scarlet uniforms, some as _ belonging to the army, other as lieutenants and deputy-lieuteuants of counties. Sir J. Musgrove also ls n o .w ore a sca r l e t coa t, w i t h a l a rg e di a mond star entered h g h an g ing n h the front,veeo3s as theear markly , an odf veryhi s naturally civic exc much attention. O ar old friend the Chinese, who s e prowess at the b anquet on Saturday was so remarkab l e, h i e t ' d e also showed his portly erso h n amongst the earliest ar rivals. He walked throug hp viewingt e rooms with most philo sophicpathy, apparently hi h awi n th true Eastern indifferenc the gay half-pant ten precisely scene around Prince L ou i s Napoleon At ar rived, and was conducted into one of t h e ! which had been reserved for his reception, drawing a - r n o d o s which were already assembled the Marqui s of Nor manby manby and the rest of the diplomatic corpM. Berger , " the Prefect of they eine; M. Dupin the President of the Assembly; Baroche, Minister of Foreig n Affairs, and other m embers of the Gov ernment. Gene ral Magnan, commander-in -chief of the army o f Paris , Lords Granville an d Wharncliffe, the Lord Mayor, and several other personages of distinction. After convers ing for a few minutes with the party here collected, th e Prince proceeded to make a tour of the rooms, h av i ng the Marchioness of Normanby 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, ge nera l officers, &c. The President of the Republic was re ceived throughout his progress with every mark of re• spect, and acknowledged his reception by saluting on each side. He afterwards passed a second time through one of the ball-rooms, and, after a stay of something less than an hour, took his departure. lie w as dressed in the uniform of the National Guard, and wore the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour, with a diamond crachat on the left breast. Meantime the dance went gaily on in both rooms, though those engaged in it were fewer in number than we have ever witnessed at a ball at the Hotel de Ville. The reason was most probably the heat, which occa sionally is 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 night. The play of water in the fountain which occupied the centre of the square, and the odour of the fluwers and orange trees placed around, were delightfully refreshing, after the heat of the crowded bad-room. At belt-past 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, LON DON, was then a eight worth gezing at. In the pre, : enrc welt-circe‘sed crush, and notaing more. Fur the infor mation of whom it may concern, we have to state that, for the ladies' dresses white was beyond comparison the predominating colour, and that it was a summer 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 that 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 w e left, at half-past two, the rooms had thinned, but the daace was still going on with unflagging spirit. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, W EDNESDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked in the grounds at Osborne yesterday morning. The Queen, with her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, drove in the afternoon, in an open carriage, to Ryde. 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 Madame Van de Weyer and Viscountess 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" .. Mozart. Selections, " Les Huguenots" Meyerbeer. Duetto, "Donna Cariten" Mercadante. Aria, " St. Bonafacio" ••• 0.. I ••• Verdi. Duetto, " Belisario" Donizetti. Selection, " Da Spermestra" 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. Dispatches 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 Harmer, 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: PORTS➢IOUTH, 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 occasion were fired by the Victory and Britannia flag-ships, and the Vengeance, at Spithead, at noon. _ _ The Vesuvius steam-sloop (advanced) sailed from Spithead 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 Shoeburyness prac tice range. The Myrtle steamer arrived at Woolwich this after noon from Chathem. 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 Devonport, on Tuesday morning from Portsmouth, and will sail on Thursday, taking mails for the coast of Africa. Trafalgar, 120, Captain the Hon. Montague Stopford, was seen off Devonport en route to the Mediterranean last evening, with ithe 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.—WEDNEsDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, three yrs old, 7st; four, 7st 41b; five, Bst 111 b; six and aged, 9sc; winners extra. The winner to be sold for 300 says, if demanded, &c. Bristol mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Gratwicke's The Squaw, 7st 31b ...(Kitchener) I Duke of Richmond's f by Ugly Buck, 7st (Garvey) 2 Mr. Smith's Duster Betting-7 to 4on The Squaw. Won very easily by a lengh, 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. Carevv's Hampton, Bst 71b (A. Day) 2 Mr. Magennis's Sulky. 83t 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 I min. 20 sees. The Brighton Stakes of 25 soya. each, 10 ft, with 250 added, and only 5 if declared, &c.; the second to re ceive 50 soya. out of the stakes; the winner of any handicap of a clear value of 100 saws. to carry 51b extra for evory 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 sev.3. 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 Camas, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Arnold) 3 The following also started but were not placed: — Mr. Gratwicke's Landgrave, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Flatman) 0 Col. Anson's Backbiter, 6 yrs, Bst 21b ...(S. Rogers) 0 Mr. Shafto's Westow, 5 yrs, 75t:71b... (G. E. Sharp) 0 Count Batthyany's Valentine, 6st IMb (J. Sherwood). 0 Mr. Carew's The Ileriot, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Basham) 0 Mr. Burgess's Narcissus, 4 yrs, 6st 4lb (Gilbert) 0 Mr. R. Oliver's Sir Rowland Trenchard, sst 121 b ... 0 Mr. Ttielluson's Falcon, 5 yrs, sst 121 b (Cox) 0 Mr. Dorrien's The Nautch Girl, sst 41b ...(Kendall) 0 Mr. W. B. Pearce'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 agst Cossack, 12 to 1 apt Landgrave, and 12 to 1 agst Co us. Westow went off with the load, and with Nautch 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 Nautch Girl, followed by Narcissus, and Sir Rowland Trenehard, Lord George next, in company with Comas and Westow, and a wide gap separating the lot from the sps toolsear whereeco o ka n :, d ht i r odho u , or e dla k een . aaGddme T wfeor h oroan e gme f new a hw u nhe t c ro ,h canter cGirl strides wama se by ye e fecr n o never ehnmrrd n e earh t fo o ol t round nnrh home, beating ath d rhsb i de s ;es t a s in turn, Ctiao e npg e g: Crocus by a head; Sir R. Trenehard a bad fourth. Run in 3 min. 27 sees. The Stewards' Plate of 50 SOTS, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for two yrs old, 6st 101 b; three, Bst 101 b; four, 9st 61b ; fi ve, six, and aged, 9st 101 b. The winner to be sold for 300 sous., if demanded, &c. T. Y. C. Mr. Mare's Preslaw, 4 yrs ...............(Simpson) 0 1 powlett's St. Ann, 6 yrs aichmond's Ploughboy, 5 yrs (Flatman) 3 0 (Rogers) 0 2 wS(lrathmore's Iresine, 2 yrs (Crouch) 4 0 (Gilbert) 5 0 Bettina-6 to 4 agst Ploughboy, 3to .1 each agst St. Ann and Iresine, and 4to 1 agst Preslaw. A dead heat between St. Ann and Pres.lavf. Ploughboy beaten a ALlM;:irirr.kcideßurgess% Miss Landon head; Iresine a bad fourth. Run in 1 min. 14 secs. Run in 1 min. 14 secs. Deciding heat—Even betting. Won by a length. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1851. The lin , i.kceper:! 11-.te o 50 oevs. (Handicap). 1.3118t01 Mr. Payne's Catnips, 3 yrs, 7st Sir W. Booth's Timid Fawn, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Barker) 2 Mr. Burgess's Handsome Doe, let 101 in (Burns) 3 The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. R. Barrow's Abdallah, 4yrs, Bst 121b...(Eogers) 0 Mr. Barker's Tordesiilas, 4 yrs, Bst 11b...(Charlton) 0 Mr. Isaac Day's Mignon, aged, 7st 4113...(Wakefield) 0 Mr. \Waring's Gloom, 3 yrs', Est 101 b (Preece) 0 Mr. Death's Guardsman, 3 yrs, Est 101b(T. Sherwood) 0 Mr. Wikon's Ella, 3 yrs, Set 121 b.. (Kendall) 0 Duke of Richmond's t by the Ugly Buck, out of Mar gelline, 3 yrs, sit 10Ib (Garvey) 0 Mr. Turner's Eurus, 3 yrs, bat 81b ...(G. Mann) bolted. Betting-2 to 1 agst C a t a l aps, s to 2 agst . Margcl bins filly, sto 1 ngst 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 SOVA., added to;§weepstakes of 3 sous each ; three yrs old, 7st 101 b ; four, Set 131 b ; five, Oat slb ; 6 and aged, Oat 71b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b, winners extra; the winner to be cold for 200 sovs, if demanded, and allowances to be sold for less. Heats. New Course. 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) 26 3 Mr. Burgess's CE iipus, Bst 51b (Borne) 5 2 4 Sir C. Rushout's Manilla, 6st 41b ...(Archer) 3 4 dr Mr. Wilson's Ella, Est 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 cove. 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 oblige 3 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. Only Landgrave and The Heriot will run for the Cup. Pitsford is scratched. Almost any odds on Landgrave. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1851. TIIESDAY.—The Cesarewitch Free Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 300 added. Acceptances to be signified on or before Sept. 9. Age. Age. Rhesus Cumus - Tightwaist King of Oude Newminster King Charming Darkie Snowstorm The Italian Constellation 3 Consolation Border Boy Mark Tapley I Cocktail 5 Clasher Cloth worker Panope Vancouver British Boy Langton 5 Chief Justice 4 Pinch Heart of Oak Nancy The Macaw Paquetta La Fianctia Bastinado Sister to Little George Dulcet Sauter-la-Coupe Nutshell Little Jack Tophana Nutcracker Reindeer Phlegethon Cane Cossack Latnartine Essedarius Ruanynaode Grecian Elthiron Hippolytus Pitsford Hothorpo Br c by Velocipede, out of Lady Geral dine Cyclops 3 Bacton Aristo3 Warwick B f by Harkaway, dam by Rust 3 Seaman 4 Grand Duke Letterpress Ephesus 3 Waterfall Qacksand Haricot Vampyre Windhound Knight of Gwynn° salute Abderhaman 3 Narcissus Officious 4 Antigone William the Conqueror 4 Beehunter 4 Hernandez filok anna Landgrave 5 Cheerful The Nigger Valentine Goldfinder Hesse Homburgh 3 Exeter Tricks tress Theseus Anspach Vatican 5 Teddington The Bail 3 3 'Confessor Aphrodite Bieba 3 Vermuth Merry Peal Bacchanalian Presto Cariboo ...... Barcelona Strongbow 5 Loadritone 6 Borneo Harpsichord 1 Wallflower Montague Garforth Sunrise Lady Evelyn 5 Herbert Sirßowland Trenchard 4 Jack Leeming True Blue — 3 Russborough 4 Combatant Black Doctor Backbiter Champion 5 B cby Gladiator, out of The Abbess 4 Pessima 4 Woolwich Sister to Clothworker 3 Ninus Brother to Willingham 3 THE PATENT LAW iIai r ENDMEAT BILL. Tee chapter os Par , iumeniary " accidents std as everybody knows, is apt to he abundant in the last week of the session. As the fatal moment ap proaches strangulations, submersions, desertions, et plurima mortig imago multiply every hour, and it is scarcely possible for the closest allteetion to keep pace with the slaughter. But it is not vary often that we witness so fearful, so critical, and yet so protracted a struggle as that which occurred yesterday in the Com mons. The unfortunate creature whose fate it was to come into the world at this inclement time was the Patent Law Amendment Bill, and fur more than an hour it may be said to have hung between Hie and death, while the fates themselves were wrangling over the thread of its existence. Deeds of this sort are usually done with singular quietness; " mutes," the midnight hour, the muffled oar, the silent bowl, the stealthy blade, or the gurgling pool, are all the obsequies the occasion can allow. But as this rather tardy offspring of the session trembled yesterday in the crisis of its fate, there arose over it about as noisy a wrangle as might have been got up in the second week of the session over a measure fur register ing monks or guns, or for keeping the Pope in order. Very little calculation will suffice to show that between 2 o'clock yesterday and the same hour to-morrow, there could not be much time for superfluous discussion, yet considerably more than an hour of this precious time was spent in discussing whether there was time left to carry the Bill, whether it was likely the Lords would agree to the amendments of the Commons, whose fault it would be if there was not time, whether the oc casion was one of urgency, and whether it was pertinent to every clause in the Bill to discuss the principle of the whole. The disputes of doctors over a dying patient aro nothing to this, becanse, most probably, they could not save the patient if they whaled, whereas in this in stance the doctors actually had the life of the measure wholly in their power. If the Bill °erne down rather late from the Lords, that is no more than what frequently happens with measures passed up from the Commons; but it had already been discussed in three consecutive sittings of the House, and its principle adopted. Of that principle, which was merely a simplification of the patent laws, it is needless to say more than that it certainly is an improvement on those laws as they now stand, whether patents are good things or not. Nothing, then, remained but a discussion of the clauses in detail. When this work had advanced to the eighteenth clause, and the House had already in vested a large share of its valuable time in the measure with some hope of a return, suddenly there arose a cry of despair, " Oh! we shall never get through with this measure. There is not time enough. Will there be bo time? It will be your fault if there is not." Three men, not at all deficient in sagacity, consideration, and habits of business—Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Henley, and Sir J. Graham—joined in this remonstrance, and knowing that a few more revolutions of the hour-hand on the face of the clock would close the session, proceeded to count up the hours that remained, to number the sit tings, to estimate contingencies, as coolly as the man that Johnson describes as speculating on the nature of flame when he was informed that his house was on fire. Sir James Graham set about it most methodically and chronologically. The authoress of that clever little book, " The Contributions of Q. Q.," describes a moody pendulum taken with a sudden fit of superfluous antici pation. As it wagged to end fro, it began to compute how many times it would have to wag in the course of the next twelvemonth, and was so overwhelmed at the sum of its future labours, that it resolved to stop. In that case the remedy was to do what could be done, and to accomplish step by step what seemed in the aggregate impossible. That was exactly the advice tendered by Mr. Labouchere and his colleagues, and at last acceded to by Sir J. Graham himself. The Right Hon. Gentleman, however, did nothing but destroy the time he professed to desiderate. He had only to let the discussion of the clauses go on, and there might be time enough, but a protracted expostulation for more time defeated its own object, that is, if the object was what it professed to be. When Mr. Pickwick was making a retreat from a bed room at an inn, which he had mistaken for his own, he stood at the open door with his clothes over his arm, offering no end of apologies, when all that he hod to do was to hold his tongue and be off as quiet as he could. That was exactly Sir James's mistake, unless, indeed, he really had seine sinister intention. The Knight of Netherby had no particular reason yesterday for being in an ill-humour with the world, or for offering an irre gular opposition to a Ministerial measure. So we are at a loss to understand what he really meant by this sin gular interruption. The Bill itself hardly pretends to be more than a tem • porary measure for the convenience of the more than ordinary number of people likely to require protecion for their inventions, and to take out patents, in conse quence of the Great Exhibition. It is very true that it is, and must ever remain, a difficulty how to secure in genuity its fruits without raising too many obstructions in the region of manufacture and art. The care given by the Lords to the Bill, the numerous amendments made in the Commons, the diversity of opinion betrayed in the Cabinet, the readiness of the promoters to adopt sug gestions even where they cannot be called friendly, and the modest confession of the Attorney-General that nine patents out of ten that would be taken out under this Bill would probably be good for nothing, all constituted aclaim to Sir James Graham's consideration, for they showed, that notwithstanding the pressure of time, the difficulties of the question had been fully considered. Sir James, however, in an unlucky moment, as we think, seems to have taken all these things as symptoms of weakness. Finding, therefore, his rivals, as he thought, at an ob vious disadvantage, he followed up his success with merciless rigour. In so doing he overshot his mark. A little reflection would have suggested to him that he might as well be content with the protests he had al ready made, and really leave to Government the respon sibility of the measure. If they cannot carry it this session, why should Sir James fret about it? If it is carried and works ill, it will soon have to be 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.--Times. 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 do 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 introduc e d i n th ese gar d ens , acqu i res in eight days a development which cannot be obtaieed in as many months in the open air." According to 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 another passage Columella men tions portable (moveable) glass houses. It was for Ti berius that cucumbers were to be groan fere tote 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 mill() discount (according to the new tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 81. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.07 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.021, 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 31. 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.511; 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 114 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 MURDER.—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, wa,s 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 Cro y don 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 co roners inquisition with the wilful murder of the Rev. George Edward Holiest, at Frim ley, in the county cf Surrey ; and further charged with bur glariously entering the rev. gentleman's house with t wo others, since convicted. His companions were not tri e d on th e coroner's inquisition , therefore beinghis approver at the ti me does not save him fro m bein g tried tor the offence in which he was a participator. MIDLAND RAILWAY.—At a meeting of the board, held at Derby yesterday, the directors decided to recommend the proprietors to declare at the approaching general half yearly meeting a dividend after the rat e of 2 - pe r cent. per annum upon the Consolidated Stock, and upon 331. 68. Bd. t h e unguaranteed portion of the 50/. shares. BAN DII T 1 IN MEXICO. (EXTRACT ILOI4 A PRIVATE LETTER.) "MEXICO, JUNE 15. " I arrived here four days ago from Vera Cruz The Englishmen resident there warned us of the banditti on the road, and of the necessity of going well armed. There was but one subject of conversa tion there as to our journey to Mex►co, and that was Los ladrones. Diligences had been robbed, passen gers ill-treated, end the whole road, to say the least ne it, was not quite so safe as Regent -street at noon. We left Vera Cale in a diligence strongly resem bling an antediluvian hackney-coach, drawn by eight mules, with three wretched, seedy-looking Dragcone us an escort. The way for a league is along the sands of the shore ; after that we rose a bluff and got on the road, and a Lice road it was—up to the axles in sand, and so continued for several leagues, Lseendiog the whole way. When the sand ceased we got on a beautifully-engineered road, but utterly neglected ; boles in it large enough to bury the 'attest ox that was ever seen at Benacre, and you may readily believe we did not sleep a wink at night. In the morning early we passed the battle-ground of Cerro Gordo, where in 1847, 9,000 Americans:beat 20,000 Mexicans, and drove them from an almost impregnable position. We saw, for the first time, the celebrated peak of Orizaba, 17,250 feet above the level of the sea. We arrived at Jalapa at about 8 A.m., and started again at 12, having heard, as we then thought, most horse-marine accounts of banditti. We travelled over a volcanic country all day, and arrived at Perote at night. This town passes for the worst in all Mexico, which is saying a good deal for it. The peak of Perote is 13,414 feet above the level of the sea, and is a mark for sailors entering the port of Vera Cruz. Started at four in the morning, from Perote, with an escort of six dragoons, who rode a mile or so, and then, ap proaching a bad place, asked for their usual fee, and returned. These fellows invariably run if they see the banditti, and indeed are supposed by most people to be in league with them. We then passed through some most splendid country; abrupt volcanic peeks rising straight out of the plains, in all directions. We had also passed some very bad places for the ladrones, when, just as we were mounting from a barranca, which is a dry watercourse, with shrubs and trees coming down to the edge of the road, and beautiful turf underneath, I heard suddenly a Mexi can voice cry out Caramba! los ladrones !' followed by shouts of Carajo alto !' The dilligence pulled up instantly, and, putting my head out of the win dow, I saw several men splendidly mounted and armed, their faces concealed with black crape or dominos, galloping at us through the bushes, and pre senting their pistols and carbines. I jumped from the carriage in an instant, with my trusty double barrelled rifle. The first bandit on seeing me pulled up and covered me dead with his pistol, an enormous thing, like a young cannon , but I was too quick for him, and let him have it, the whole charge hit ting him in his right breast (eighteen buckshot), which I prefer to ball on such occasions, as being more general in their favours. Ile fell back on his saddle, letting go his reins, and then struggled and fell on the mane of his horse, and the horse galloped off into the bush with him. I then let drive at an other who galloped up to attack us—l saw him flinch, and he turned his horse alto to the forest ; the others then cleared off. Every one who saw the first fellow said he was dead clone by, but we had to go on as fast as we could, not knowing how many more might make their ap pearance. The other passengers, besides Pita william and myself; were Englishmen► and Americans going to California ; they had no time to fire, but were all armed, and got out of the diligence to make fight like men, but it was my lot to beat the ' first. On arriving at Acajeto, the next town, we went to the Alcade and reported what had happened be tween the banditti and ourselves; he thanked us with much politeness, and told to kill them all,' which is much easier said than done; but he sent out a party to the scene of action, and news came up by the last diligence that they had found one man stone dead, about 40 yards from the spot where I first fired, and another man shot through the thigh and body and reported to be mortally wounded ;' if he does not die, be will be garotted tor a certainty, as this band has been the terror of the country all around for some time. I have got here a great deal of credit, and more than I deserve, for what I did; it forms for the moment the standard topic of conversation, and every one seems forward to thank me as a benefactor to the public, for no Mexican dares resist these fellows, and they stop carriages and coaches with impunity, even in the city of Mexico itself. The newspapers, too, have said a great deal about it, expressing a wish that Mexicans would act like English men, and show some amount of pluck. Edward is gone to Guadalaxara—l shall return to the United States ; there you see a race of men who before long will take the lead in the world from all the European nations, just as certainly as time moves on. " Yours, &c., " S. T. CLISSOLD. " P.S. I open this again to tell you that the Alcade at Puebla has sent to say that the second bandit died the next morning." IS the CRYSTAL PALACE out of DAIV GER .9 (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 Parliament—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 on 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 5,5001.; and to remove the boarded sides, substi tute glass, and put the roof and every part of the building into efficient repair for 12,000/. 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 Woods, Inglises, and Sibthorps. 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, snore especially from the suburbs, have 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, I 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 com 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 Commis sioners to the letter of their bond. Really the tone and temper of the House on this debate has been so unsatisfactory, the attitude of the C, Commissioners and her Majesty's Blini sters s equally balanced between apathy and lukewarm ness,_ers that our advice to our metropolitan Let would still be " Petition, it not again be in the power of H o nourable te this - petition, petition m hers to assert that London is indifferent on t question. However gracious her Majesty's reply t o the address, there can be no harm in a little excess of zeal, when the object is to o ppose so gross an ac t o f Vandalism, as the wanton demolition of the mos t characteristic and beautiful structure r of our times, which, at so moderate a_ cost, and with so s li g h t an exertion of contriving skill, .may be made a _perp(.- popular c u lt ure . tual source of he alth, recreation, and h a ppy to hear that th e di st i nguished and valuablee are services rendered to the Great Exhibition by Alder man Farucomb, the late Lord Mayor, at a time when assist ance wa s so much required, and w h en the success of the great event was exceedingly doubtf u l , 'w i ll not be passed un rewarded or unnoticed by her Majesty, as we understand that it is intended very shortly to confer upon the worthy alderman the dignity of a baronet of the United Kingdom.— Chronicle. Westow . Mrs. Taft Sledmer© G by St. Martin, out of Bess Candlewick Calmar Old Dan Tucker Glenhawk Miss Flyaway C by Tearaway, dam by Alcaston Fuileman ... 6 Neasham Confidence Hungerford Harp ... Remunerator 4 The Ileriot Windischgratz . Clarissa 5 Gay Lass Unity 3 Lough Bawn 3 Bedford . . Aaron Smith 3 Flying Gout 5 Marchioness 5 Sir Charles Terpsichore Fire-Eater Recruit Marlborough Buck Wansdyke 4 England's Glory 3 Tragedian 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 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Sept. 9. Age. Age. 6 Tragedian 3 5 The Ebor 4 3 Snowstorm 3 The Italian 3 Constellation 3 Chief Justice Pinch 3 Mark Tapley Cyclops 3 Sprite filly Becton Warwick Truth Grand Duke 3 ,Letterpress Nautch Girl 5 'Ephesus Haricot 4 Windhound ' Knight of Gwynne Abderhaman Prime Minister Narcissus ......... 4 5 Velox Antigone Officious William the Conque ror 4 Beehunter 4 Hernandez Mokanna Landgrave The Nigger Hesse Homburg Exeter Anspach Vatican 5 Teddington ... 3 Aphrodite 3 Vermuth Merry Peal Cranberry 4 Breba Bordeaux . 4 Gaylass 3 'Presto Ariosto 3 Heroine 5 Catalpa 3 Fauxpas Strongbow Loadstone 6 Borneo Harpsichord 3 Wallflower Montague 5 Garforth Herbert 5 Ribaldry Rhesus C Da3US Tightwaist Newminster . King Charming Darkie, by Sir Hercu- les, out of Dark Susan 4 Clasher 3 Eliza Middleton Nancy Hookem Snivey Pa quetta La Fianc63 Dulcet Sauter la-Coupe Manifold Little Jack ' Royal Hart Nutshell Clelia 4 Reindeer Phlegethon Ca130 Midas Cossack a Lamartine 3 Essedarius 5 Runnymede Grecian 3 Pan ope Vancouver Alonzo Elthiron 5 Pitsford 4 Hothorpe Equiria Westow 5 Theseus 3 Candlewick lanthe Tonic 3 Ellerslie 6 Woodlark Glenhawk 3 C by Tearaway, darn by Alcaston Uriol 5 Mountain Deer 3 F by Pantaloon, out of Fugleman'a darn Guy Mannering Curl Neasham Vivandiere Hungerford Harp 3 Heriot Windischgratz . 4 Clarissa 5 Unity 3 Lough Bawn 3 F by Alpheus, out of Boarding School Miss 3 Swindler Forester 5 California . Bolas Flying Gout 5 Sister to Wauota 3 Deceitful Confidence 4 Recruit . Marlborough Buck Falcon England's Glory Lady Evelyn ..... 5 Humphrey SirßowlandTrenchard .3 Jack Leeming 3 Bushranger Iracundus . Russborough Follow-me-lads Black Doctor B c by Gladiator, out of the Abbess . Pesaima 4 Fallow Deer 6 Calmar Woolwich B 1 c by Prince Caradoc, out of Julia Bennett 3 Post Tempore Sardanapulus DISCONTINUANCB OF THE ENTERTAINMENTS ON BOARD THE CHINESE JUNK.—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. - b• LITERATURE. CLARE ABBEY. By the Authoress of "7 he Discipline of Li fe: ; ' 2 Vols. Colburn. The admirable moral so beautifully set forth in that verse of Longfellow which she selected as the motto of her first work— " Not enjoyment and Let sorrow 15 cno 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 Po naon by throughout each succeeding production of her delightful pen. Again, in " Clare Abbey," a s i n i ts 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 so-called chapter of acci dentt—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 as 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. reAL 'PLI _RUTHERFORD. By the Auth or of , T b h y e Ptbee author 3 T 7 Petrel. " Petrel," will be welcom e to all of who take pleasure in that very fasci nating speciesliterature, which interweaves with a romantic story the yet more romantic narrative vicissitud e s of the stormy deep. Admiral Fisher i s reported to be the author of the volumes a a its sailor origin. To mentioned, and the book bears internal evidence of give an analysis of its contents is somewhat embar rassing. Ralph Rutherford is a a glorious sa il or h e ro, and the reader follows him with interest in his vari ous adventures by sea and land, in war and in peace, until at last he leaves him with his fair Julia, to en joy the happiness so dearly purchased, an d so well deserved by his gallant career. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Yesterday the receipts for season tickets amounted to 221., and the payment at the doors realized 2,833/. 41. Gd., making a total of 2,8551. 4s. Gd. The number of visitors, according to the police report, was 59,139. THE LATE ESCAPE OF HACKETT FROM THE MODEL PRISON, AND HIS ARRI PAL IN NEW YORK. At the close of an inquest yesterday, at the Model Prison, Pectoavide, on a prisoner who died there, Mr. NVakley, 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, joined in the surprise, and said that he effected his purpose by cutting his way through the flooring of his pew during Divine service in the afternoon of Sun day. He out 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 tailoring trade, as thus any implement would be put beyond his reach, needle and thread alone being allowed for his trade. Lately he wrote from New York to the governor, in forming him that he (Hackett) had arrived safely there, and kindly hoped that the governor enjoyed the same freedom and happiness which ho (Hackett) enjoyed in the land of freedom. The Coroner expressed his surprise that the noise of the working of the saw did not attract the attention of the persons in the chapel. Mr. TuHls, the summoning officer, replied that the operation was, no doubt, performed during the singing of the palms.—(Laughter.) BALLOON ACCIDENT. Tuesday evening witnessed an accident which all but resulted with loss of life to the unhappy female aeronaut engaged. The lady in question was the celebrated Ma dame Palmyre Garm roe, and the scene of her operations was Batty's Hippodrome, at Kensington, whence 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 rt-leased from its moorings it rose very heavily, and barely cleared the circus inelc 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 ballooa (out of which a sand bag had rolled) rise with its unhappy occupant in that fearful 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 receivt d 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 may see our Crystal Palace, and read his eloquence for one year's subscription ! A theatre once tried to lure unwilling audiences by the premium of " a glass of gin and an apple" to each visitor; and in the same spirit Lamartiue placards the walls with— " Voyage 3 Londres sans rien payer! Abonnez vous 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 man happy till you see his end ;" for the end may efface the hea venly brightness of those early years; the noon may ruin what the 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 Restauration, the two first volumes of which lie on our table; and yet those volumes arc the least egotistic and offensive of all his writings, and may be commended as fascinating romance of history, if not very grave and instruc tive.—Lcader. VISITORS TO THE HOUSES OF LORDS AND COMMONS. --Great disappointment was yesterday experienced by a large number of persons, who, having possessed themselves of the admission orders of the Lord Chamberlain, came on a visit to see the Houses of Lords and Commo ns , bat who bad to return ungratified with a sight, in consequence of the early sittings of both branches of the Legislature. The nu t ; bers, more particularly on a Saturday, that, after visiting the nu t ; great Exhibition in Hyde-park, wend their way, their tour through town, to see the great seats of " a number °f visi labour, is astonishing. On :Saturday last the num o b 10,600, a tors to sea the House of Lords alone amounted tisitors from large majority being foreigners and Exhibition e v committee. P eoria! the manufacturing and rural districts. n on view,"rootns of andth e many House are reoft'hCe Commons s s o a long enough for the longest rifle range; M rich maroon and dark wainscots of polished oak, and the stsr.the richly-paneled 501. alone for each both houses open for green papering, which, it is said, intentione of the authorities room. It is understood to beflso areßTacrornylstancotlay • o s a of the session, to give the two months after the terminati of both the Lords and Commons keep of seeing them. multitude of visitors an opportunity A MANIAC AT TIl }-,. ExHIBITION.— Abollt SIIE P.M , the Crystal P alace were al arme d by the ex raordi on Tuesday the visitors of e on duct of a respectably-d ressed man tnary s osnickle that he had seized, threatens a gentletnan near him, and but for c e n i l a t ny would restrained who,some serious brandishin g assault a e and jumped re moved made a desper t galley}. a e resistance, and was so powertu ftrhoeminthnieedgiat,e l ass s i s t t :n c b e e w o f i t a h p d o i l fa i ourt adjoining- thsuperintendent's d tnto the c e office. move jog been carried about ,intimating that a medi- A b o ard In"' was wantec in e south transept, Dr. Badeley, of cal roan who happened Chelmsford, to be there with his family, d forward, and was conducted to the patient,and at stepped on ce pronounced . the he NN. • as suffering from a violent paroxyrestrained from an injury to or . ()a searching him four sove y reigns and a himself others half, with some silver and pence, were found on him, and a small memora dum book, but as it contained nothing that indicated his name or address, Dr. Badeley advised that lie 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 hint; indeed, so strong was he that it was with difficulty five or six policemen could control his struggles. He appeared, from his memoranda, to have been recently admitted into the company of Foresters, and he ejaculated " The Foresters fur ever" in the gall er y w h en h e was Wien. There was no evidence of inebriety, and it isbelieved that he is a teetotaller. THE T.VIURDER AT THRAUDEsTON.---L' TE , Aucia 6- —We mentioned iu yesterday's .Sotsthethis servant, committal of John Mickleburgh, the farmer, for the murder o A lary Baker, at Thraudeston village fair. i V° being con ducted to the gaol at Ipswich, after b ente, to destroy himself g temporarily p I exa mined by the magistrates, he eatte attempted perhaps would have by seizing a knife from off a table, succeeded but for the prompt i n t er ference of the police who accompanied him. - aT t e w'ards became wretchedly de jected. He refused his food, lle t'arnd w hen brought up for re-ex he appeared much reduced. Indeed, sanitation on Monday, •• l t h e ground from Hogs, he fel to apparett during the proceeding, exhaustion. Ile is about 41 years•of age, and hi s countt mince is not of the most pleasing character. A s may b e ined, the affair ma i has produced the most inten se excite 1a meat in the district. )-day. i 43