The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-06 00:00:00

I SPORTING IN'FELLIGE:` , 4 The f TAI TERSALL'6—YEsT ;DAY, ~ A f r. r ;lloniug i, lust, of int; 110°2 ; theY (1) not :,11.1s, TWO THoUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. . 5 " to 4W) ULt Grecian ag iph lfinr, CULSTER cUP. i°°°to 20 apt Lord Sir , tilzflorc;'s Mont.spli--t , hou to 20 az , t Lord Clif ien's Walifhwer—t-dren I ' oo o to 20 agst hit% Cllrissa—teilteu , r ) 00 to 20 agst Lord iNTilitown's Brother to Doug+ t 1,000 to 15 apt Mr. Payne's Glauc .--taken i'" 0 10 15 bgit Mr. Merry's Miss Ann—!akell MU to 15 ai,,?t Mr Foster's Musician—taken Offtrs to take 15 to 1 about Langton. 5 to I aDERBY. gst Mr. I - I,,Narci's Gnekn—taken and Lfterviards offered to 25 agst Mr. 11111'3 Ipsus—taken and afterwards I,OOA. offer d r; , L0 . 20 vrvera n aw,kt Sir J. Hawle ) 's Confessor—taken , as errontously r ot u r ne d a s Mr. d in 151 % ,a 9UOtati ht EPTPORDOn INN COURSING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. /%1• ' -• r ftl( Derby. t Ties—Lobst,r bt FicLotum, Merryman bt I:Lp. IN T; Ttio Oaks. 4 44, Ctgarett3 !at :Sally Grey, Indiana bt Cash bt Gipsy. , First Tile Cup. I StaynlakerMildred 'a !zzy, Mildred Eddy, 4 14 i 4 : rr,"--- Publican b t F a i rtues, L i d y o f L oo hi even b. t be e i d . Fitherton Stakes r kee'.r in g Course. James's Fame bt Mr. Law - Leading Article, and won the stu.kes. F irst Deptford 6tnltes. Bandit, Ties Ties ecid ed—Myrra bt Fundhulder. Ilt id: sap The Stonehenge Stakes. 1 1r. ' " i 6 T WIr iclhara's Victory bt Mr. Bowles's Charmeau. r enee's Leghorn bt Mr. Miller's Magdalen. T The Amesbury Stakes. • kr Drence's Lucifer bt Mr. Morant's Mammas.li 4t diti . o7 run l4il es Gadabout apt Mr. Bowles's Jack's-the- Syntx agA THURSDAY. irltf r • The Deptford Stakes. e continued—Bandit bt Syntax (drawn). 4 1r.t 0 .1 . 1, ? Amesbury Stakes—(continu d). 444 's Gadabout bt Mr. Bowles's Jack's-the- Lt. IV. The Fargo Stakes. eliuet; r 'cllß's Lion Queen bt Mr. Mil er s Me.2,gie ` c letilL ii r * Biggs's Blazing Billy bt Mr. I3owles's . G l4 The Winterborne Stakes. "gee' Gay rsa, bt M. Gr..inger's Gay Lad; Mr. L Y ass bt Mr. r Miller's Milliner. Se nd The Oaks. Ti. " - -Whiff ran a bye; Cigarette bt Indiana. 2 eo a „, The Cup. 44 et bt Lady of Loch Leven; Stay 4`e4 1 RiTubli ca n. AAA B UNTING APPOINTMENTS. 4 ltt e oir_ Beaufort's hds.,Thurs. , „tir ° A e ' a ; Sat., Silk Wood. Mon., Hallavington; ‘ 4 l' :1 11i ; Oa ith's Ws., Mon., Shoddesden-vateLT i u t e e s r . : I too e d ; 1 ,.";. Wed., Wherwell- wood; Tours., Wil 'll, Boscorabe Windmill; Sat. 1 1 Wint"" Take: ' a we ; I s at I ngranes bds., Mon., Lorley; Thurs., D „huff W inchnor-park— 10i. 444 h urd 46 ., Mon., K-lham; fue3., Walesby Village; ki•orwood-park; Sat., Clown-10i. beci t Thugll ds Mon Scrooby Inn; Tue 4., S and: ''l44llt; haugtOn Bar; Fri., Darlington BA. A Nit c C l* h e t i: 4 R ut' d' hd Mon., Piper Hole; Tues., D 101. 1 .4 lir k; Croxton park; Fri., Lenton VII- °ll Tur A L GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. Fitz. to Yi t , "n daY the reading of Captain Robert reau tia ler on the Isthmus of Central America wsa te Priti c i r , e "; In the first part of this summary of h tatlltilhuaL facts affec ing a passage across . the . S 8 "4a„runch stress was laid on three considera t be ',olce influential over all routes supposed . n o (w4 L 'gible ---- namely, the climate, the situatio a Feat re spect to inter-oceanic communication for a Part a s t elal 9) and the indispensable necessity ( 4 &I v ' ea ch end of either railway or canal. After teetim- reflections on the instability of the local go % le -eut s, on the liability of the land itself to change ..en ste, rt ii, nt of Volcanic convulsions, on the opposition NOll4 f or natives, and on the scarcity of labour, each d. four crossing the isthmus was briefly reviewicea rakutl!ar principal lines were—the Mexican, the N °tiler ', th e Panama, and the Atrato, besides several Pie c ;„ ° , ll tes, either branches of the Nicaragua line, or etbilla-,ceent tracks across other parts of the great he 4 4 1 % The Mexican line was shown to _ the . Stld eu for the general intercourse ie ; ho w 4 gth ever locally valuable ; its high level,. Ptltte' a nd situation, besides the want of t ake ' are egainst its general utility. In any threeroute fitt l e i thro ugh the great Lake of Nicaragua . tf oted a are i mmediately concerned—that just men i verb ' Cog Rica, and Mosquitia. The country s 1„0, _volcanic— locks, viaducts, and bridges aid Ill anY the fen e necessary for either canal or railway; . 4 ,, de th of Mich works must be great. There is me Isfr n eY of harbours on this line. San Juan °I IIY , e l tr aglia (or Grey Town) anchorage, the t Ply.:„ -- ', O ll the Atlantic side, is small; and the ull '''`ki ports on the Pacific are remote. a b l e d: , 44 4 41 4 , d el Sur is "an exposed s c h oz ow five ne c ar its l horZ B across." The lak n e t l winds. i There are six 4 1 ,71 and exposed to ale7u propositions for vio co e nnecting the untnunage- L- Aver San Juan with r the Pacific, by way of L c ml to Fonseca or Concha6ua, to Realejo, or to the 1 .1/l arinda, by Nicaragua to San Juan del Sur t r ,"'llg the Swoa to Salinas, and by the San Car_los , •Ni o-a Gulf. The Panama line is short, and a 1 , 4 ,, c y Abroad seemsfeasible; but it wants good ports. L ' railway is in progress by an American cel.n 0-, who have made very exclusive terms . with I: s w Granada. The Atrato river and the isthmus th_,,,een the Gulf of Darien and Cuea Bay (on il l . pacific, in 6 N. lat ) are described as offering li: t °a ragement to a ship•canal on the largest scale, fr o "to a railway. Other routes are suggested — $l4 Caledonia Bay to San Miguel Gulf, from San 4, to Chepo, and from Chriqui to Du e _Gulf lili - e . ; "en ee is given to Panama for a railroad, but . to , II ,-74 f ora canal. The great Mexican "des , a , gue,' i :bed so fully by Humboldt (in his New c Ivor i k i f) us one of the most wonderful hydrau i l n i . 4,t,1110.‘ of man, wa , , alluded to as an human in lab oa t , ( If what had been effected by 4:11 11 - s even in Central America. That enormous eh it 1 :2 4 o i 5 some miles in length, for three . of hi h e s' C ' fea t deep, and at the top 300 feet f i t n he w w idtb. 17th .'-- At e°teh ce lmly in Darien at the end . Iti 4 : i t , tY) the at il t tnizittaind the various places independent Aborigines of the lath from which labourers n this , pa procured, were also touched on cursorilyi 13 ,,, 4 Per . h it . pet ,• The discussion upon this irnpo e rt 'eeti " -ving b een Postponed for the next seanc , the - g w -3* s ..1 M onday, the 9th of Dec. •,,, 55 aujoUraeu tO N- ,__ t et e . :t w t; S EANl MARINE BlLL.—There are at the OA ti r - ' 1 41 4 . ,110 steam-vessels in the mercantile navy e o ti f ,-`tWilti.',,‘'ain. and upwards of 3,000 accidents have occurred yeast ".plearners andsailing vessels within the last three ' 4. 4 • - 4[43 attention of Government having been drawn to , Inatter '`)llrot 'Captain Denham, R.N., F.R.S., was appointed kid • te d to the • tle,atll Ill ai , . various ports to which the vessels belonged, -vap,„„ *I Instances, to the places nearest where the acci rtied i rl d , to make inquiry into . their ceuses, and suc eet,. lt,l obtaining much valuable information on the sub- ItrtZlilteitiitl,llB6,sallant fficer is now engaged with e ler ;a a . l . p„. la drawin O up a Bill, to be brought beforeP s a t r eam 41,1rille-,-4 session, for g the better regulation of the P 4 ter, 4v Y ,lll ld to compel those in charge of them to adopt lit. tt „ t or pre:rlitionary measures than they do at present, the e - P"ees i ll arnent previously passed being in so man) ! tli e kle gb, 02iPP1icable, and not by anymeans imperative "emu '.Blafllcient tb award ,punishment for neglect of it t ratto tis. 15f Scott lat c tkn AtErxrirArr ASYLUM.—A quarterly court t it fi t'tr ltitli"re of this corporation was held yesterday at the * tr- ilk h , tP " P it al, Crane -court, Fle:A-street ; Mr. J. A. IV Ilt Pr ensurer, in the chair. .It . appeared that there ti ott 'll I,4 s. eae , nt 63 boys and 51. girls in the establishment. 11 e l th 1 1118 0 two other girls on the books of the .institu ta°4' ( .. °ll atquence ot il . l health, were now resident at 1 irls will have a tio:d. him "I the boys and eight of 41.4 kid a g e /,, for leaving the asylum be l for g e . the____ next elec t S' 1 '4ll' c hildren—two boys and two girls were yes -Belicthetattt'l• ' The principal resolution passed was one di th4aree_ef. six f uture absence on the ground of illness for the 4110 M, of th e ' 2 1 , t . 1 ?a should be considered less to warrant the . ois 4 Te u _ ri ,t th e ‘'eu2l(lreo. absent, i un time, the medical °thee- s bth._q-Zoi.lb.lo prot P ab t t ion of o that report that there further 1 the child's return within a theeloth f k eat,1 3 1 , ) ."_, 11 Co nsiderably reduced in the items ti t lnia. l 'eau, niilk, and articles of consum . ption generally : Op „ •., toi t t;„ ~ultirci - -e business was then transacled, and the elec eiac d. b Gtz kot„ , 4.4441;C1icAL SOCIETY Or LONDON.— At the monthly u 11: 11° Ver - : eet ing, held yesterday at the society's house i n Pieihili:'lsclitlLlfe, Admiral Bowles, M.P., Vice-President, i fro , ai ti 4 ,ssrs. Thomas Brooksbank, James Busain, and ti iil ttd y Itriblett were elected Fellows, and Ales r. James io,Peita„„llll Lancelot Dent were proposed as candidates for t."or t„-"shiP• The during of the council stated that the .t asel "s' the g a rdenss r during November exhibited an in 1110Airl '1 their number of 4 060 as compared with the corres ,l,B6.l4.rtlonth of last ?ar making a total excess of 14 .1 t 4 Zed . 1,4,49.50 1849.0ver e ' A comparison of the income t,,ner •„"` IMprovement of 5,8011. los. 11d., which will be fi' tl eil i r e ased V the receipt of the current imnth . The 0 1 L' ave r eceived communications from Lord Harris and r Sion lentenant-Colonel Butterworth, C. 8., Governor o Ifx) , Pu ~ iil•ilizi,t4e-:.:).,t.t.lieir respective intentions to transmit several t!g s „_. additions to the colleotion in , the course of the en t Punug Ler(4,-,AL ACCIDENT AT BOOTH'S DISTILLERY. PS ,,,th,.th+our workmen were employed making repairs in a , z -t4 t. ‘ l ,, t ti' workmen supports across witich were in a decay . •eu tO ve Wa - ,, lllth ienly the one on which the men were standing Vi the de a nti three of them fell into the nari:ow . gulf a ben .o e u a n th g oft o th , eptti on ,-, of about sixty feet. Toe tour,li, ) a the w n, felt the stage sinking, and clun s _ a p:or t t i i l o la l ,°llt , "den frame left project:no . from the well i , losiirifittiti.iitPritilds.eabrechlowered to him. 'Aided by this - be was let of his compaions, cl Sr,. irtholo who were, r after some i't!WV,i3i) -raised to the surface and currie . hi j i tt i4 . " 1; Pll4. WhilStAhe surons were exam,i ni 'g , the i : - `aer s „ue rcen 'had`sustaiqed on of ,the sufferers died 4 Nl44 .•ere fount to be • - • riously injured state. Whet " b e er . Iv ii t '''* 1 ' • : L i a w se , sent the men &mil a 11 b t Slx; th ,/ the 6grj,, n , 91;attat, e, to: their ' ' '' :4lv° Al " - - ..b u ; t -.1 t ° 1 ,,,i r belies, , will, doub h tt e , uiry Wl:es place e fifeitiOiler ° t\-IYb k .' ; 11 g , req 4 i 4 " w q and has left a -14 4 c 1 - I .4-'• acaassd, Was a Van& man ' . . dto as by las.loas.: . MAGAZINES, &c. (CONTINUED.) G 7'L Al' se ellA GAZIA Sylvanus Ut ben, eineit ne e.,,criewerli party polities, ' yet, as a student of history, h,ts f , 2 it it incumbent en him to consider the recet hull historically, and well hes be considered it. Ile has, in two lines, exactly expressed the great eau J:t of offence ie this document, and in the missive of Cardinal Wiseman— " the objection is that these docuetents do not deal with Roman Catholics - merely, but with " THE KING DOM or ENGLAND," and he thus proceeds to state the argument V./ lien the Emancipation Act was passel the Roman Catholics were unquestionably pieced upon the same tooting as other Dissenters. They became entitled to partake in all civil rights; they oi came eritttl-d also to the free exercise of their re,igiou. But they were nut entitled, any more than any other Di- senter,, either to set up as a ruling dominant sect, or to do any , to o ng which is detrimental to the just rights t f the Church es tablished by the State. They were not entitled to deal %site the kingdom,' to tiechre teat it hal c , ased to be Protestant and had become Cetholie, to create cites in to gevern counties. If these preesnsions :ire mere tna teis of form, they are off lister,' and ioJiiah brass, and sii,uld be withdrawn. It they tue.iii what hey assert aed seem to mein, they constitute a grave t,innce; hey are totally at variance with the assertions of :he Ctitholtes themselves 4 - '1.1,1 emancipation was granted to them; they are au out, - age tio!nst th• principle of teleraj, n, high indignity to the English crown and people, and they render necessary an entire revisien 01 the terms upon hich Cathelies were admitted to share the pri vilege. of the Cotsitutton. " But it is said that the Pope could not be expected to admit the supremacy of the Queen or the valiaity of our orders. Certainly not. But what the Pope might have admitted, and should have admitted, is the tact of the existence of our Queen and her authority, and the fact that England has an established Church, and is a Protestant nation, in which the people woo adhere to His Holiness have only certain rights and no more. It does nut impugn Papal infallibility to admit the existence of fasts. Roman Catholics, and especially the laity, should consider that if their supreme head is wilfully blind to the existence of great facts, if he regards all mankind who do not acknowledge his sway as mere stocks or stones, and acts as if he himself had all power and authority, it may become a question whether it is possible for his sus jests to be allowed to continue in the exercise of the privileges of complete toleration, which is based upon tee notion of equality of pretensions. Whilst all sec t s merely claim to be right, all sects may be tolerated; but, when one sets up a pretence of uni versal dominion, complete toleration becomes difficult, if not iindoseible. Of course we d ) not mean that Roman Catholics, or any other Dissenters, should not have freedom to exercise their religion; but it may be doubted a hether there are not civil privileges included in the idea of complete toleration t which, under such circumstances, Roman Catholics cannot safely be ai r • muted ; more especially, as we are now told, both by Mr. Bowyer and by Cardinal Wiseman, that complete toleration of any particular sect means toleration of whatever that sect may consider essential to its • perfect development.' The ' perfect development' of Roman Catholicism has hitherto, both in our own country and in others, generally been found to include many things (the Inquisition for instance), the introduction of which was certainly not contemplated by the passers of the Emanci pation Act. According to the doctrine of these gen tlemen, convenient and no doubt conclusive in their own estimation, but a doctrine which we do not think will find favour in this country, we are now bound to allow wnatever they may think tit to introduce, under pain of being considered intolerant and unjust. " As betweed the English nation and the Roman Ca tholics, the question so tar as it rests upon this bull and pastoral, is one of polibcs, or of political philosophy, rather than of religion." This is, perhaps, the best, as it certainly is the most unimpassioned statement of the case, as between the Papacy and the nation, that has as yet ap peared. The opening paper is an extract from the journal of Mr. Neville, giving a minute account of an evening which he passed with Voltaire at Fernay, on the 4th of July, 1772 ; it is communicated by Lord Brayorooke, the grandson of Mr. Neville. From the interesting nature of the present communication we hope that his Lordship may be induced to give the public some more leaves from the journal of Mr. Neville. Mr. Har "veil furnishes a memoir of the eccentric Abbe St. Pierre, and \lr. J. Payne Collier the first of a series on Thomas Lodge and his works ; this latter series promises to be most interesting, not only to the literary man but to the antiquary and the bibliographer. It is strange that so sweet a poet and so inventive a novelist (it is to I homes Ledge's novels that Shakspere is indebted for his plot of As You Like It, and also for the plot of the Winter's Tale) should be so little known ; he was a great voyager, too, having gone to sea with "Master Cavendish," and doubled Cape Horn ; let us hope that the labours of Mr. Payne Collier will yet rescue him from his undeserved obscurity. The other articles in the Gentleman's are all of great merit, and the illus trations are beautiful. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. The scandalous discomfiture of the royalist troops by Humbert in '9B, familiarly known as " the race of Castlebar," is graphically described in " Maurice Ti,-rney," wherein there is also a most humorous de scription of Torn Colooney's first appearance on pa• rade, which, did &pace permit, we would willingly transcribe. '• The Mystic Vial," than which few better tales have appeared in the monthly press, is brought to a conclusion. The interest is well sus rained to the end, without the interposition of any preternatural agency, as we were induced to antici pAre from the earlier portion of the st,ry. A dwarf Tale of the Crusaders," entitled " Marguerite de Vienne," has the merit of brevity. 'We lika rather the simple and plaintive ballad of " Dark Margaret." The other four papers in the present number are ad mirable. The essay on the writings of the great modern historian, Alison, is a masterly production, and will amply repay perusal. " Leaves from the Portfolio of a Manager" are evidently a contribu tion from an amiable and accomplished gentleman, Mr. Calcratt, the lessee of the Dublin Theatre. Well (1,, we remember his first appearance on that stage— Consule Fiance —in poor Abbott's managerial reign, in Tullus Aufidius, Anno Domini 1825. This is a delicious piece .. of dramatic go.sip, repl e te with shrewd re marks. 'SI/ can but indulge in a s in g le ex;ract, wherein is too much common sense to be palatable to many :-- " Don't collect books, and don't envy the possessors o f costly libraries. Read and recollect. Of course you have a Bible and Prayer-book ; add to these the Pilgrim's Progress, Shakspere, Milton, Pope, Byron (if you like), a History o f Engiaed, Greece, and Rome, Boswell's Life of Johnson, and Napier's Peninsular War. A moderate sum will give you teese ; and you possess CAinet Encyclopedia of religious, moral, and enter taining knowledge, containing more than y ai want for practical purposes, and quite as much as your brains can easily carry. Never wind the old classics. (What, not Horace ?) Leave them to college libraries, where they look respectable, and enj.)y long slumbers. The monthly periodicals will place you much more au courant with the conversation and acquirements of the day. Add, if you can, a ledger, with g ood sound balance en the right side, and you will be a happier, and perhaps a better read man, than though you were uncontrolled master of the Bodleian, the Na tional Library of France, and the innumerable tomes of , he Vatican into the bargain." The description of the unequalled Paganini is capital. It was no joke for a manager to engage a star who wept off a clear two-thirds of each night's receipts, besides insisting on minor allowances. Think, too, of 7 0001. being received for six nights' performances of Jenny Lind in Dublin, in the height of the famine, and 5,8001. thereof going into the pockets of herself and the parties with whom she was associated. Verily managers have to play a hazardous game! We shall look for more from Mr. Calcraft's note book In a deservedly eulogistic critique on Blackie's version of Aschylus, the respective trans lations of the famous passage of " the Watchfires," by Potter, Kennedy _Bailie, Harford, and Blackie, are given ; each successive translator, in our opinion, rising superior in merit zo his predecessor. Jonathan Freke Slingsby, whilst, as usual, he delights, this month almost surprises us, in his " Carol for Christmas." After some prose paragraphs, fraught with exquisite simplicity, which more than once verges on the sublime, he pours forth a poem iully worthy of Alfred Tennyson. Well knowing, as we long have done, his powers of ballad writing, whether grave or gay, pathetic or sparkling, and the faultless finish of his versification,: yet we confess to having scarcely been prepared for the development of such high poetic powers as pervade the verses of " Ravenscroft Hall." It contains some seven or eight hundred lines relating:to—but we will not now enter into a detailed consideration of the story, or even of the exceeding beauties of this touching and melodious lay. The present ege is not so rich in poesy that a production of such singular sweetness, purity, and power, as " Ravenscrofc Hall," should long be suffered to remain unpublished in a separate form, albeit it immortalises the present number of the Dublin Magazine. --- It is understood that the pamphlet, announced under the title of " What shill be done with Cardi , al Wiseman," is from the pen of an ern vent journalist connected with one of the London daily papers. PiiII,ANTIIitoPIC SOCIETY. -4 quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of this society was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; Mr. Gladstone in the chair. It was stated that in consequence of the large amount of several legacies which had been bequeathed to the society, they had been induced to purchase for 10,0001., the farm which they formerly rented, which consisted of about 140 acres; bequests to the amount of 11,8001. had been re ceived within the last few months. There were now hinety seven boys in the school, who were severally brought up to particular branches of industry—four as carpenters, two as bricklayers, two as smiths, five were re, erved for domestic purposes, and there were generally eighty-five or eighty-six employed on the farm. The boys, within the last three report would week:3, had accomplished for dOs. what, by e nl P l 'Y iag i r t e i g to %lz e tr u l i a e b r ot t i t r l ears , have cost the sociey upwards of 8/. unanimously received. and highly • satisfactory, and was _nd adopted. The secretary luenr toned that it was intezlPa. that a view of the school shuuld be paiMe , i for exhibition in the sprint/ of 18 1, w,th a view &. to tile increase' of th e mods a the soviet). No cher bag -ness coming before tlf'ffieetthg i olatirman as ' carried unaliimOut V' ' yi And'the,court broke tip. . ._.. . - • ,•• ' • ' - ''''ti ; 'ttite of thank o s to the THE CRYSTAL PAL iCE in HYDE PARK. &nee our last notice oft his great building the pro . gress made in its construction hue really been won ' earful. Toe rapidity with which the work is pusbei forward beats everything of the kind which hay ever been attempted even ie this laud of industry, and we know of nothing which can at all compare with it, except, perhaps, the growth of particular branches of our manufactures, developed by the full force of auc cessful enterprise, Only a fortnight ago, though extraordinary progress had then b: en made, little more had been done than arranging the bones and verte braa so to speak, of the vast skeleton ; but now the details have been filled up over a large portion of the edifice, and the realisation of Mr. Paxton's design is brought within the limits of a few days. Tnere now remains no room for doubt thet before the close of the year the Crystal Palace will be completed, and that what Messrs. Fox and Henderson, the contractors, have undertaken they will fully perform. Looking to the magnitude and novelty of the enterprise one can not help being struck with the extraordinary energy and skill of which this building will he a lasting monu ment, and great as unquestionably is the merit of that ' happy idea which first suggested that the master- pieces of the world's industry should be enshrined in a gigantic glass case, even that splendid suggestion is almost lust sight of in the presence of hose wonderful executive powers, those nice calculations of propor tion and forces, that dexterous application of :meia- • nical facilities, and, above ail, that organized distribu tam of labour, by which in little more than three months so vast an amount of difficult and untried work has been achieved. It is but right, now, while the undertaking is in process of completion, while the busy hands of more than 2,000 mechanics and arti sans are engaged in the actual labours of construc tion, to stamp with its true character that energetic execution which has here been so remarkably dis played. The uninitiated can form no idea of the task which the contractors fbr the erection of the Crystal Palace have undertaken, and the public when this great work has been finished will with difficulty recall the exertions requisite to fill up a scheme not planned by a regular architect. It is unfortunate in some respects, that when such a structure is com pleted the energy which created it cannot be very forcibly realised ; but if, in the approaching exhi bition, a rare proof is required of what within a given time English enterprise and English capital can do, the great building in Hyde park will furnish that evidence. Its pillared terraces are now at length to be seen in their full proportions ; for of the tour extreme corners, east and west, three have been reached. The transept too begins to be crowned with its spacious arched roof, the happy suggestion of Mr. Barry, who, it should be known, has intro duced several very important features into the design of the building, by which the general effect will, no doubt, be greatly heightened. The raising end placing of the ribs which are to form the roof has only just been commenced. The operation is one of great nicety, and involves, perhaps, a greater amount of mechanical skill than any other part of the work. Some account of the process may be interesting, and we interrupt our narrative of the actual progress made in order to supply it. For the last two months the most remarkable-looking objects in the huge piles of material collected upon the ground have been a number of huge semicircular wooden ribs, which one might have thought had been originally intended for the waist of a man-of-war These are raised upon end and set up in plirs, with " purlues" fittrl in, distance-pieces to support the intermediate gutters, and six set' , of cross•bracing to make the whole sufficiently stiff. Ropes are then attached to this frameworkfrom scaffolding on either side of the transept, at the point of intersection with the centre aisle, and the power used in raising the ribs consists of four " crabs," so disposed that the men working them can see exactly the extent to which the rope affixed to their crabs should he pulled. As the framework is necessarily brooder than the transept, one side is raised about 36 feet higher than the other until the whole mass is raised to the desired elevation. It is then moved on rollers to its proper position in the . . arch, and dropped into a socket four feet deep, formed for its reception at the top of each cast-iron column in that part of the third tier. The whole of this arrange ment is exceedingly ingenious, and the simplicity of it is not leas admirable than the strength and stability which are insured. Eight pairs of ribs are required to complete the roof of the transept, and Messrs. Fox and Henderson calculate that all will be raised and placed in about ten days. Yesterday two pairs had been mounted, and on one of them, at the very crown of the arch, the Union Jack was flying, as if in token of the triumph thus achieved. The transf-pt and the parts of the building adjacent to it have supplied the chief difficulties of construction with which the contractors have had to contend, but just in pro portion to the obstacles overcome will be the splen dour of the effect produced. This airy and vaulted compartment will enclose within it a row of lofty trees without any violation of the rules of proportion, and in harmony with the green leaves and wide spreading boughs in the centre, not only of the tran sept, but also of the whole building, will be placed a splendid fountain thirty feet high. In anticipating the effect which will be produced by this portion of the new building, it cannot but be regretted that the roofs of the transept and the nave are not of the same form and pitch. Mr. Barry proposed that the arched roof should be carried along the whole centre aisle, and, had his t.u2gescion been adopted, the coup d'ail would probably have been one of the finest in the _ _ world ; but the Commissioners were frightened by the ad ibional expense, which was calculated at about 7,0001. We may here mention that the idea of the transept was originated by Mr. Henderson. Returning to the progress made in the construction, as far as the building has been carried the galleries are prepared for the laying of the floor-b3ards. A very large pro portion of the glazing, also, has been done, and this part of the work is vigorously pressed forward. In a iormer notice we described the sort of hooded carriage in which the painters and glaziers carried on their operations. In some portions of the building these are now congregated in such numbers as to look like a gipsy encampment. Not the least remarkable fea ture in the present appearance of the new building is the extent to which accumulated stores of material of all kinds—columns, girders, window-frames, sash bars, gutters, &c.—have disappeared from the ground, where they lay piled in heaps, and taken their place aloft. Yet the wants of the artificers are still for from being supplied. The contractors speak with great warmth of the zealous assistance which they have received from the North-Western Railway Com pany in the rapid transmission of material, and it may be mentioned as not the least curious example of the extraordinary facilities which tt is age and country enjoy, that pieces of iron, shaped in the foundry of Messrs. Fox and Henderson at Birmingham, are often within eighteen hours fixed in their assigned places in the Crystal Palace, Hyde-pack. The visitor to the busy scene within thehoarding will find in what he sees' there an ample compensation for the 55. entrance fee which is at present charged. The arrangement, the intelligence, and unfligging zeal with which the work is pressed forward, the op portunity of watching how a gree, inclustriou , , and skilful population like ours supplies hands fit to ac complish the most novel and arduous undertakings— all these things furni,h an ample field for observation and reflection, even when curiosity about the building itself has been exhausted. Accordingly, the number of visitors attracted there daily is considerable, and as touch as 20/ is usually taken at the doors. The money thus collected is, we are informed, applied as an accident fund for the benefit of the workmen. In this respect, when the dangerous character of the ope rations is considered, the people employed have been very fortunate. Yesterday the Royal Commission held its first sit ting in the Crystal Palace, and was presided over by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who arrived there as early as eleven o'clock, and, having minutely ex amined the works, expressed himself greatly pleased with the progress made. One of the chief subjects under diacussion before the Commissioners was the manner in which the siew building should be painted and decorated. In order to assist them in forming an opinion on this point, flags were placed at differ ent points on the exterior, and drapery suspended within. A portion of the principal façade also was fitted with the ornamental castings suggested by Mr. Barry, and Mr. Owen Jones had prepared by way of experiment some specimens of the way in which the interior might be painted. As to the exterior, the Commissioners decided that it should be p Anted plain stone colour. The interior Mr. Owen Jones propos-d to paint as follows :—Blue, white, and yellow fur the columns; blue, white, and red for the girders; red, white, and yellow for the roof. Tne effect of this combination of colours he illustrated in two very clever pictures, giving the perspective of the centre aisle and the transept, and finished in the marvel lously short space of six days. These pictures were certainly not ill calculated to do away with the strongly unfavourable impression which the experi ment on a portion of the building produced on nearly all who saw it. The Commissioners went fully into the matter, and the result at which they have arrived has considerably modified the suggestions of Mr. Owen Jones. Red is to be expunged from the roof, and white and blue colours, the most delicate and the best adapted for a crystal palace, are to be substituted. On the upright columns and girders red is rejected, blue and white being retained, and just sufficient of the yellow to reduce the effect of the whole to a neu tral tint. Wnat the appearance of the interior may he, with the colours which the Commissioners have selected, it is not easy at present to say, but, at least, their selection is an improvement upon the design of Mr. Owen Jones.` As the Pririce was laying the Exhibition a singular meene took plane. lai, Lie b:-11 at the entrance was sounded, and in an instant, from every part of the huge pile, the 2,000 men 'employed came scrambling Onward, to give hint a tparting cheer. It was a re markable spectacle to see so large a body of people approaching in so many difr,rent ways, some slipping down columns, otl - ts skipping- across joists, and ba lancing thuinselves dexterously along girders. At - , list they all forme4 in a pernicirele round the spot v..here the Royal carriage was drawn up. As they w3ited in respectful silence the Prince's appearance, a brewer's dray enter.d the gates with 250 gallons of beer, and, as if by instinct, they recognised that the grateful supply was fur them. Of course they wel • coined the dray with cheers. His Royal Highness, on taking his departure, wa s sa l u t e d w ith enthusiastic hurrahs. We are glad to announce that the Committee of the Exhibition have been so fortunate a 4 to secure the ser vices of Mr. Thomas Belshaw, of Manchester, whose great practical experience in the arrangement and management of the various exhibitions of manufac• tures at Manchester, at Birmingham, at Dublin, and at various other towns, renders his aid as an organizer of the greatest possible value. INS lITU HON OFCIVIL ENGINEERS. Nov. 26 AND Dk.c. 3, Is3o. (William Cubitt, E.q., President, in the Chair.) Tile discussion on Mr. Strtne6 paper, on " Tnel Ven tilation of Collieries, theoretically and practically consid,red," was continued throughout both the evenings, to the excluion of any oth ,, r subject. Toe principal points of the paper were explained . to the members who were present at t h e rt a di ng o f the paper. Great stress was laid on the advantages of splitting the current of air, so as to reduce the velocity of its transit through the mine, and to afford a full supply to the most remote points of the workings._ The - nigh temperature in the upcast shaft, necessary , to produce the requisite velocity of current in the gal leries of mines, when furnaces were employed, was adduced in favour of the employment of Struve 's mine ventilator, or other mechanical means of draw ing out air through shafts which were also used for drawing the coal, or raising the men to the surface. The wasteful application of steam, in the form of a jet, was insisted on, and contrasted with the small power actually employed at the Eaglesbush Colliery, for giving motion to Struve's mine ventilator. These statements were fully confirmed. It was shown that the speed of the mine ventilator could be regulated to produce any requisite velocity of current in the galleries, anti that it was an eficie❑t indicator of the occurrence of any stoppage in the air passages, as on the supply of air being, arrested the machine would soon be stopped. In the best mines of the north, furnace ventilation was found to be most efficient, and the stated danger apprehended from the firing of the gas at the furnace was concluded to be more ideal than real. Never theless it was admitted, that a good simple mode of theehameal ventuution merited the best attention of the owners of collieries. Fans for forcing air down i❑to mines had bee❑ tried, but were found inefficient, although considerable power was consumed in pro pelling them. - difficulties found in using mechanical exhaus• tors were then attributed in a great degree to the small size ot the inlet and outlet valves, and the im provements introduced by Dr. Arnott in the appa ratus for ventilating the New County Hospital, at York, were instanced as ex ,inples of the necessity for using curtain valves, of large area, for the machines, as it had been found, that as the dimensions of the VaiVeS were increased, the power required to work the machines diminished. The most b‘tueficial effects had resulted from the use of ventilating machines similar in principle to Struve's Mine Ventilator, in hospitals, and on baard crov%ded emigrant and con vict ships, and by proper attention to the area of the valves the power required to work them was very small. The application of small water-power engines, like those made by Mr. Armstrong (ot Newcastle), tor giving motion to the ventilating machines, was recommended as very effective, end most economical. Tne importance of large air channels in short lengths, for furnishing ample supplies of air under wound, was admitted t , y other speakers, who, how ever, objected to the application ot mechanical venti lation, preferring its being effected by natural means, which it was contended could beattsined by a judicious system of "winning" arrangements. When, however, this was notpracticable,Struv e's apparatus wasapproved as the be-t mtnerto introduced. A somewhat similar but less perfect system had been used for some years in Germany, Prussia, Belgium, and in some mines in England. _ _ 'he system of sinking shafts on the dip, for the advantage ot collecting water, with Jut considering the tendency of gas to accumulate in the upper cavities of the workings, was deprecated, and the more advantageous pia❑ proposed ot havi►,g the down cast shat t on the dip, and the upcast on the crop, whereby an easier exit would be provided, and a more effective ventilation be established. The application of the steam jet was advocated, and instance. were given of its alioiency in clearing the after-datnp from pits were explosions had occurred. It was argued, from experiments, that the :team jet could be rendered much more efficient than the fur nace; but no statement of the relative expense of this plan, us compared with mechanical ventilation, was entered into. The evidence given before the House of Commons in 1835, the House of Lords in 1849, and to the Santo Snields Committee on Accidents in Coal Mines e in 1843, was carelutly analysed, with the intentem of demonstrating, that beyond certain limits, it was us • less to force furnace ventilation, tv, under certain cir cumstances, a current of cold air was found to descend forming a f a l s e b rat tice, and arrest ingnstilaaftti the on. The ste am j et was stated to be capable such increase of po wer , an d o f s u c h varied application,t e u p c v of s h as not to be subject to this inconvenience. It was contended, on the other nand, that in reality this natural brattice was seldom perceived, and that when it did occur the system of scaling off a portion of air, at some distance up the shaft, sufficed to destroy it. It was shown that mechanical ventilation was es sential to clear away the ch o k e or a f ter -d amp , s o as to enable a mine to be entere d after an exp l os i on , when it might be dangerous to light the furnace at the bottom of the pit; but by setting the machine at work with increased velocity a much greater circula tion of air could be caused under any circumstances of barometrical pressure, and the mine could be cleared in a short time. Had this system been adopted the dreadful effects of the choke-damp after explosions would have been frequently obviated, and much waste of human lite might have been avoided. h built " 1 e i tp o ha g ep ,e wastuoeys 'Tuesday, s a l t y i ooDecember to i be read The discussion was adj ourned until the next meet n Tweed, on the line of th e York, Newcastle, and Ber -" vDtehreesetrthibpeltlioowrniivneogrf wick Railway," by Mr. G. B. Bruce, M. Inst. C. B. At the monthly ballot the following candidates were duly elected :—Messrs. J. Barrett, T. W. Booker, M.P., T. Bunch, D. Brandon J. P. Budd, E. Clack, A. B. Cochrane, ju n . L. Elliot W. Exatl, C. Geach, E. Grove, EL G wyn, J. Li a nvey, H. W. Hannan, C J. Mare, J H. P or t e r, R. Turner, C. H. Waring, F. R. Window, a nd M. D. Wyatt , a s associates. WATER.LO 0-BRIDGE. a The halt-yearly meeti ng o f th proprietors of Water ?flair The report stated that y a 100-bridge was held yesterday at Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen -street; Mr. F. Jenkins in the in the receipts of th e t o ll s in the year a mounting to 353/. 7s. 3d. over the corr es p on di ng per i o d of last year, of which increase 2571. had b een der i ve d from horses and there had been a n increase carriages, and 961. from foot passengers. After p a ying the current expenses, providing fur the interest of the company's bonds, and g i v i ng a d iv id e nd of 3 s. in the pound to the annuitants, there remained a balance of 7601. 12s. The committee beg to cull the a ttention of me meeting to a cl a u se in t h e A ct of P ar l ia ment autho rising the proprietors t o re d uce o r raise the horse - g ate , toll, not exceeding the tolls authorised to be taken, as they might find it necessary for the protection of their interests to raise some of the carriage traffic. The structure continued in a sound state, without any appear ance of defect or settlement. The statement of accounts showed that the income for the half-year had been 9,0391. 153. The foot toll amounted to 4,6761. 17s. 11d., and the horse to 3,758/. The rest comprised rents and interest, &c. Their total disbursements had been 1,5541. ; 5,6251. was to meet the dividend to the annui tants of 3s. in the pound, and 1,295/. was f,r the inte rest on bonds, hutving a stock surplus of 564/. The re port was adopted. (A proprietor having complained of the inconvenience occasioned by the crowding of cabs at the toll-gat e s at the hours when th e trains were about to leave the Waterloo station, the Chairman said that necessary precautions had been adopted. and new hands had been put on in consequence of the increase of traffic.) A resolution was Caen p assed giving the com mittee power of raising the tolls on c.rtitin vehtchs. It appeared that it was the intention of the South-W es t ern Company to run ornaib use s from their station across the bridge to the Strand for a very low fare. This would evidently be to the loss of the company, a 3, supposing the omnibus carried twenty persons, t would be t,klng 103. from their tolls. It was merely to be used ns a measure of self-[:r , tection, and would affect no private carriages. Four of the committee were then re-elected, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. Thp parish church of Aliciallows, atrk:ng, was bur glariously entered on Tuesday evening and some mischief done. Although the depredators only succeeded in taking away some black cloth and the communion table cover, they de stroyed, however, two very old candelabra that were upon the altar, and did some other damage. It is pre: tuned that some one was secreted in the church. yv We have much gratification in being able to state, that the returns of the revenue for the current quarter, during the eight weeks of it which have elapsed, are of a very encouraging kind; and should the remaining four weeks be correspondingly productive, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will have great reason to felicitate himself on the financial position of the country. It is not improbable, that at the close of the current financial quarter, the Commissioners for the R 'duction of the National Debt will be able to announce their intention of investing_ in the public fund s a sum little short of 1,000,0001. At all events, we can state with confi dence, that the amount will be much larger than it has been for many years pasts—Advertiser. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received Cape of Good Hope papers of the I6th of October, and the news they contain is far from satisfactory. The frontier is again in a state of disturbance, caused by the discontent of the native tribes. At Cape To of there were ..rumours of war along the whole border, from the sea to the Vaal River. In the Sovereignty it was said there was open war, In Tambookie Land there was an avowed deter►nination to resist the measaires of the local authorities acting in the name of the High Commis sioner. And the latest intelligence from the Kafir fron tier was of so serious a nature, that his Excellency the Governor had found it necessary to proceed at once to East London, in Kafirland, by her Majesty's ship Hermes. The working classes in Cape Town were suff,-.ring s.-verely from the depressed state of trade. Tae Zuid Africaan, however, denies that there was any scarcity of labour for those woo were willing to work. Toe Commercial Advertiser men:ions the los the barque Scixon, 4 Gr.-enock, by lire, on the 18th Sept., in hit. 31 50 S., long. 54 50 E., bound f:om Lon , ' on to Aden, with a cargo of coal and other goods. PAsiengers and crew were ali saved. We annex some extracts:— STATE OF THE FIION PIER. (From the Frontier Times.) We continue to hear ace,m _4 of ita._ fir servants leaving their employers. A Kafir m. ssevger caine to Graham's Town the other thy to warn all the K--,firs here to return to Kafirland. All the women have already left, and a great number of the men. Last night three oxen, tied up fur slaughter on Mr. Sparks's premises, were stolen, it is supposed by some of the absconding Kafirs. Neither the mi litary nor civil authorities here have received any account of depredations or acts of aggression com mitted in the country, by last post. The Kafir prophet has not been captured, as reported, but the commandant is taking the steps which he diems re quisite to stop the mischief occasioned by this man. The Kafirs say, if their prophet be harmed they will make a disturbance, as they do not see why he should be touched fur doing them good. The prophet has, we are informed, disappeared from public view, stating that he should return when the " moon is bright." It is believed by those well acquainted with Kafirland that there is some kind of a plot brewing in Kafirland against the colony, and that this man is used as an instrument in the hands of the chiefs to effect their purpose, what ever it may be. This is of course only an opinion. But it cannot be concealed that the abandonment of the colony by the Kafirs, who have comfortable places and plenty to eat, for the sake of returning to Kafirland, where there is a famine, has an ominous appearance. The present lowering aspect of affairs shows the absolute necessity that the military autho rity appointed to rule Kafirland, whoever he may be, should reside on the spot, so as to be enabled at once to act in case of emergency promptly and indepen dently. It is a shame that our frontier affairs should be controlled by a governor 700 or 800 miles from the point of danger. Since writing the above we have learned that Colonel M.Kinnon feels no appre hension whatever concerning the state of border matters. (From the Zuid Africaan, of Oct. 14.) MEMORANDA OF MOVEMENTS or TROOPS. Bloem Fontein, 8 P. M., 26th Sept., 1850. Authentic intelligence from the camp has this moment reached us. The British Reside❑t, it is un derstood, will reach Bloem Fontein on Friday, the 27th inst. Rumour had brought some days ago into town a report of a skirmish with Molitzani and the Lynx (or left-handed) Koran. This has been fully confirmed. 28th Sept., 1860• We are now in possession of news from the camp to the 24th of September, by which we are informed that everything has been most satisfactorily settled. The British Resident having intimated to Captain Bates, 45th Regiment, commanding, that it was ne cessary the troops should act against Molitzani, in consequence of his late atrocious attack on the mis sion station at Unpukani, on the 20 h inst. the troops marched at 4 A.M. towards Molitzsni's kraal, de taching on the line of march Sikonyella and his com mando to attack the chief's son's kraal. Upon arriv ing at Molitzsni's kraal, about sunrise, it was found deserted. Captain Bates, seeing Sikonyella engaged on the right, moved to support him ; shortly after it was reported that Gert Lynx's Corannas had taken up a strong position with waggons on a kopje. To get at them with the guns it was necessary to make a long circuit. While this movement was taking place information was received that the waggons had been taken by Morocco's people. On moving up with the Cape Mounted Rifles, the waggons (ten in number) were found to be in our possession ; a large quantity of cattle having by this time been taken the troops were returning to their waggons, when a message arrived from Sikonyella requesting assistance, a party of his men being blocked up in a klouf. On return ing, the Cape Corps were moved up to reconnoitre the place—they were immediately fired upon by Gert Lynx's Corannas, who were there about 200 strong. The guns were then brought up and several shots fired ; several men and horses were seen to fall—the remainder were completeiy routed and apparently panic-stricken. At ball-past two P.M. the troops re turned to Mr. Dauma's station, where the waggons were drawn up,—the extreme heat of the day and mountainous nature of the country in which these operations took place caused both men and horses to be much exhausted. Fit een of Molitzani's and Gert Lynx's people were killed—the number of wounded of course is unknown. Sikonyella had 1 killed, Mo rocco 2 killed and 4 wounded. Ten waggons and 3,468 head of cattle were brought into camp. The next day Molitzani, upon an assurance that he would not be injured, came in and gave himself up to the British Resident. He is evidently in a state of great terror and alarm from the severe lesson he has received, and which his bad conduct has justly me rited. We understand that Moshesh's brother, with a large commando, was on the hills for the purpose of assisting Molitzani; upon seeing the large force (about 1,200 men) which was approaching, he very Kafir like cried " Off!" and took all his men away. The cattle were divided as follows : Sikonyella ......... 250 Morocco .. 250 Gert Taaybosch .. 200 Fingoes Boers, Bastards, &c. Total leaving to be brought to Bloem Fontein 1,360 The sale of cattle and waggons wilt more than amply pay the expenses of this expedition. POSTSCRIPT. Monday (Noon), 30th Sept., 1850. The apparent termination of warlike opera tions to the eastward was recorded by us in our journal of proceedings with heartfelt satisfae don. Sikonyella had been promptly punished for crossing the boundary, and causing' the death of four persons. Molitz tni, for killing 20, was fired on, 15 of his people killed in a skirmish with our brave soldiers, and 3,500 head of cattle, or thereabouts, were taken from him, besides 10 waggons taken from his allies. It struck us rather as a misfortune that Sikonyella should one week be fined 300 head of cattle, and a few days afterwards be presented with 250 by the British Resident—but not knowing the circumstances of the case we presumed all wts right. We had great doubts of the policy of dividing the c Atte taken from Molitzani amongst the very people he had just plundered. It would, in our humble judgment, have been as well, to say the least, to have sold the cattle (if in condition, or able to be driven) in a distant spot, and given the people other cattle or value of some sort. But we were so rejoiced at what seemed to be a happy result of all the measures lately adopted, that we were resolved to avoid remark. What was our surprise, then, as our fine fellows came into Bloem Fontein yesterday, at three r. at., to receive accounts from the eastward, that soon after the skirmish with Molitzani, the British troops returned home by a route, giving a " wide berth" to the tribes —that ever since the skirmish, the country has been in a most excited state ; and we state it as a fact, that Morocco, who so readily came forward to help our troops against Molitzani, is now left single-handed to maintain his ground against Moshesh's people ; and a private letter from the scene of robbery and murder now before us says—" We have had awful doings here of late. Morocco went out with Major Warden, at the cost of bringing upon himself a war that is not likely soon to end. He has lost 3,800 horned cattle and 800 horses, not to mention the number of his people who have been massacred. Is it possible thst our Government will leave him to recover his cattle without prompt and efficient help ?" Another letter from the same quarter, dated " Sa turday Forenoon, Sept. 28, 1850," says—" The land is in a blaze. Worse than ever." REPEAL OF THE WINDOW DUTIES.—Lcist evening a meeting of the rate-payers of the parish of St. Mary's, Lambeth, was held in the Vestry Hall, Church-street, to adopt measures to obtain the repeal of the window-tax. The senior churchwarden, R. Taylor, Esq., in the chair, read a letter from the Hon. T. E. D'Eyncourt, Member for Lam beth, unable to be present from illness, but promising his support to obtain the repeal of the tax. Mr. Williams, M.P., addressA the meeting. lie had paid considerable attention to taxation, and was prepared to sty that none was so oppres.- sive and odious as the window-tax. Mr. Edwards, Mr. Murrough, Mr. Rossetor, Lieut. Edwards, and other gentle men having addressed the meeting, resolutions calling for a total and unconditional repeal of the window-tax were unani mously adopted, as also a petition to Parliament, praying the immediate repeal of the window-tax, to be presented and supported by the Members for the borough. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. On Wednesday the Lord lii,hop of Exeter enter tained at dinner, at Bishopstowe, a large party, among whom were the Earl and Countess of Wicklow, Lord Sinclair, the Venerable Archdeacon and Lady Caroline Berens , the Rev. Canon Bartholomew, the Hon. and Rev. Henry Ilugh and ILady Anna Maria Courtenay, Rev. Prebendary Ford, Mr. Josceline Courtenay, &c. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. THE UNIVERSITY OE LONDON. BACHELOR OF ARTS-1850. EXAMINATION FOR HoNOURS. MATHEMATICS AND iiATURAL PHIL9SOPIIY.—Francis Guthrie (scholarship). University College. CLASSICS —William Flavel Hurndall (scholarship), University College (Coward); Henry James Piggott, Wesleyan College Instit., Taunton ; William Giles; University College ; Russell Martiueau, University College. Cuer,lisTn7.—Edward Hunt (prize of books), Uni versity Cellege. ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY. —James Austey Wild, Wesley College, Sheffield; William Thomas Greenhow, Uni versity College; George Aitchison, University College. VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL BOTANY. Hooper, Caius Collega, Cambridge. EXAMINATION IN THE HEBREW TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. THE tiREEK TEXT OF THE NEW TESA MENT. AND SCRIPTURE HISTORY. FIRST CLASS.—Johu Brown Paton, Spring Hill Col lege; H , hert Ainslie Redford. Spring Hill College. SECOND CLASS. —J.),Lut .Girling Fech, University College; Samuel Sharp Walker, Lancashire Indepen dent TniaD '.2lAss —Jame: L-orard, Highbury College. M. 13. SECOND EX A MINATION-1850. PASS EXAMINATION. FIRST DIVISION.—Jorin Syfr Bristowe, St. Thomas's Hospital; R ,bert Grone?e, Guy's Hospital; William Morse Graily Hewitt, University College; Robert Ben son Lewis, Leeds School of Medicine; Edmund Manley, Royal Manchester School of Medicine; Henry fiyce Salter, King's College; Charles James Shearman, Uni versity College; William Henry Thornton, Royal Mae cheater School of M, dicine. SECOND DIVISION.—WiIIiam Filliter, University Col lege; James Newton Heale, St. Thomas's Hospital; James Jones, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland; James Robertson, St. Thomas's Hospital. EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. PHYSIOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY.—John Syer Bristowe (gold medal), St, Thomas's Hospital, and Robert Growse (gold medal), Guy's Hospital—equal; William Morse Graily Hewitt, University College; Charles James Shearman, University College. SURGERY.—John Syer Bristowe (scholarship and gold medal), St. Thomas's Hospital; Robert Benson Lewis (gold medal), Leeds School of Medicine; Robert Growse, Guy's Hospital; Charles James Shearman, Uni versity College; William Morse Graily Hewitt, Univer sity College. MEDICINE.—Robert Growse (scholarship and gold medal), Guy's Hospital; Charles James Shearman (gold medal), University College; John Syer Bristowe, St. Thomas's Hospital; Robert Benson Lewis, Leeds School of Medicine; William Morse Graily Hewitt, University College. MIDWIFERY.—WiIIiam Morse Graily Hewitt, Uni versity College. M.D. EXAMINATION-1850. FIRST DIVISION.—Matthew Baines, King's College; Edward Enfield Barron, Guy's Hospital; George Bir kett, Charing-cross Hospital; John Burford Carlill, Uni versity College; Peter Eade, King a College; William Thomas Edwards, University College; Charles Elam, Leeds School of Medicine; Stephen Mouckton. King's College; William Henry Ransom, University College; William Henry Octavius Sankey, St. Bartholomew's Hospital; *Samuel Wilk's, Guy's Hospital. SECOND Ayre, London Hospital; James Newton Heale, St. Thomas's Hospital. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 5. PAPAL AGGRESSION. Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to appoint the hour of a quarter-past twelve o'clock on Tuesday next, the 10th instant, at Windsor Castle, to reaeive the address on this subject voted to her Majesty at the con gregation oa Thursday, Nov. 14. DAVIES SCHOLARSHIP. There will be an examination of candidates for the scholarship upon this foundation, lately holden by Franklin Lushington, M.A., of Trinity College, com mencing on Monday, the 27th of Jan., 1851, at nine _ o'clock. The caudidates are required t 3 signify their intention of offering themselves, by writing a Latin letter to each of the electors, which is to be delivered personally, on Friday, the 13th, or Tuesday, the 31st of Dec. The electors are, the Vice• Chancellor, tl►e Provost of King's College, the five Regius Professors, and the Public Orator. In order to facilitate this delivery, one or more of the electors will attend in the Law Schools on the above days from one o'clock till two; and no candidates will be admitted who do not signify their intention in the above manner. * To Wilks was awarded a gold medal for his com mentary on a case in medicine. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 5. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went to Lon don this morning, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Bouverie. His Royal Highness and suite travelled by a special train on the Great Western R Ail way, and returned to the Castle at twenty minutes past four o'clock this afternoon. Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge left the Castle to day. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in the Castle yesterday (Wednesday) evening, and per formed the following pieces : Overture, " Gustave" Finale, lat act, " Z iuberfl )te " Priere and Barcarole, " Masaniello Auber. Chorus L " Nachtlagei " .Auber. ......... Mozart. ..Kreutzer. His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived at elevten o'clock yesterday morning at the building erecting fur the Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde-park. His Royal Highness inspected the state of the works, and ut twelve o'clock presided at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the promotion of the Exhibi tion of the Works of Industry of all Nations, to be held in the year 1851. The Commissioners present were Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyell, Sir Charles Eastlake, Mr. Barry, Mr. Barley, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, Mr. Pusey, M.P., and Mr. John Shepherd, chairman of the East India Company. Mr. Scott Russell, secretary to the Royal Com mission, was in attendance. Mr. Bowring also at tended. Colonel Reid, chairman of the Executive Com mittee, was present ; Colonel Lloyd (special commis sioner, and Dr. Lyon Playfair (special commissioner) also attended. The meeting broke up at twenty minutes past three o'clock. The numerous workmen employed on the building assembled at the entrance, and on Prince Albert tak ing his departure greeted his Royal Highness with loud and enthusiastic cheers. Prince Albert, attended, by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Buuverie, proceeded to the Great Western Railway terminus, at Padding ton. on his return to Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, last evening. The Hon. C. Clements, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Colonel Anson had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. SHIP LAUNCH AND MELAIVCHOLY ACCIDENT. On Tuesday, at high eraser, about eleven o'clock, a time new barque, of about 300 tons burden, was launched from the buoding-yard of Mr. Thomas Ro)den, west side of the Queen's Dock. She is named the Annie Worrell, has been built for the firm of John Worrell and Co., blockmakers, Salthouse Duck, will be under the command of Captain Foster, an able and experienced seaman, and is intended for the Valparaiso trade. The Annie Worrell is a neat little craft with square stern, and demi-temaie figure-head. She is 109 feet in length; breadth of beam, 24 feet; depth of hold, 15 feet 10 inches. Mrs. Worrell, the wife of the principal owner, stood sponsor at the time of the launch, and bestowed upon the barque its appointed name. The day was fine, and a considerable concourse had assembled to see the vessel's introduction into its " na tive element;" but we regret to say that the event was attended with a melancholy casualty, fatal to Robert Miller, a young man about 19 years of age (son of Mr. Miller, of the firm of Mackie and Miller, shipwrights), one of the apprentices employed in the yard. Just as the vessel was leaving the stocks a coil of rope was thrown, as usual, by those on board over the bow. The unfortunate young man placed his foot on this when it descend e d, as t h e read i est mo d e of securing it; but, unfortunately, his foot slipped in side, the rope encircled his leg, and in a few moments, to the consternation of ail present, he was dragged into the river. He was spun round with the action of the rope, now at some height up the vessel's side, then struck with force against the " spur shores" attached to the bottom launch-ways, and eventually dragged be neath the water under the bottom of the vessel. The barque was taken in tow, as usual in cases of launch, and was led into the Quen's Dock Basin, those on board being quite unconscious that any accident had occurred. After tieing submerged for about ten minutes or a quar ter of an hour altogether, we should think, the untortu nate suff,rer was released, and brought on shore without delay. There were still some signs of animation, and he was promptly conveyed to the Southern Hospital, where the usual restoratives were attempted, but he died, we believe, very shortly after admission. It will be easy to conceive :he gloom which an accident so untoward pro duced on all assembled. We observed in the yard that the keel and flooring have been laid for a noble vessel of 700 tons. Mr. Roy den is also building a small yacht, which is expected to prove a elipptr.—Liverpool Courier. WHITBY, DEC. s.—The Mountaineer, of this port, from Quebec, struck the East Pier in entering, and stove her bow. REPORTED ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— It was stated last evening that a coal train, com posed of 49 trucks, having two guards, and drawn by two engines, bad run into a goods train at Hatfield station, both trains being on the up line. The guards of the goods train were on the line with their signals, but the drivers of the two engines could not prevent the collision. The drivers of the engines of the coal train are much injured, and the two en gines, With som e o f the t ruc k s , are qu ite destroyed. SURVEY OF THE PACIFIC COAST. (From the Alta Californian of Oct. 1.) We had the pleasure yesterday of an examination on board of the schooner Ewing, of the United States coast survey, Lieutenult Williana P. M'Arthur com manding, 02 the mass and charts which are the result of his long and arduous labours along our coast. The . charts are on a large scale, admirably suited to the wants of the large marine, constantly increasing, already engaged along the Pacific shore. They em brace the whole coast from the mouth of the Columbia River to the Bay of Monterey, and are executed in a manner as creditable to the artistic skill and accuracy of Mr. William B. M'Murtrie, draughtsman, as the very successful and satisfactory results of the survey are to the perseverance, energy, and ability of the commander of the expedition. From Cape Disappointment to Point Pinos the Ewing traced each headland and indentation, every rock and isle; determining the exact latitude and longitude of every point of the coast, roadstead, and infl-ctior, and fixing their position upon the chart with so much care and accu.racy that with such guides on board the pasence if n pilot could scarcely be desirable on the pert of any seuman who may be navigeting along the coast. The daouchement of each river empty ing into this sea is scrupulously ac curate, and not a dangerous rock, or shoal, or reef has escaped the inspection of this thorough survey. The chart is accompanied with perspective views of the principal headlands, &c., along the coast, which will prove of invaluable service to seamen when in doubt otb-rwise, from any cause, as to their own exact position ; aq, for instance, a perspective view of Cape Mendocine and the country at Trinidad. In proof of the accuracy with which this whole survey has been conducted, it may not be amiss to mention that Lieutenant M'Arthur, after taking his departure at a point in this bay, determined by Lieutenant Wilkes, and threading the entire coast, noting its in lets and outlets, sounding its waters and locating to pographically correct every point that can be of any interest to commerce, found, upon completing all bis calculations in the bay of San Francisco, that there was scarely any discrepancy between the previously determined position his vessel occupied and that indi cated by his reckoning. The chart shows the nature of the whole coast, where it is sandy, where rock-bound, and otherwise, the series of hills, or mountains, as they overlook the shore, and the appearance of the country as to its forests and timber. The charts of Lieutenant Wilkes, of the United States Exploring Expedition, made some dozen years ago, have long been known as inac curate, to a great degree, as to this coast. In fact, the survey now made is the only one since the discovery of the country, upon which the mariner could trust the safety of his vessel or life. Many of the points, rocks, &c., as laid down on previous charts are more than 20 miles -out of their true position. Islands are laid down which do not exist, while others that have a local habitation and a name are not mentioned at all. Taus the immense benefits which will accrue bo the entire commercial and mercantile interests en gaged on our coasts may easily be undersood. The trade, already heavy, now carried on between this port and the various points above us is constantly increas ing, and there is great reason to believe that those rivers, now merely known by name, will ere long be known to the world as the highways to rich and populous marts, flourishing under the combined i nflu ence of agriculture, trade, and mining. The Umi qua. the Kiaweth, and others, are already attracting m uch attention, while the Columbia, so long looked upon w ith distrust, and since the loss of the frigate Peacock on its bar considered by many unnavigable, is now known , have a perfectly safe and easy entrance through it south channel. This has been thoroughly surveyeo‘ by Lieutenant M'Arthur and the corps under his com mand. Eighteen feet at mean tide can be carried over the shallowest part; and, assisted by the chart and directions which will accompany the report, a stranger may take his ship to Astoria without the aid of a pilot. The mouth of the Columbia, as is proved by the surveys of Wilkes and M'Arthur, is gradually chang ing. Where is now the south channel, which was sty bhallow when the exploring expedition made its survey that the sea rolled into continuous breakers entirely across it? On the other hand, the then best entrance, that surveyed and recommended by Lieutenant Wilkes, if we mistake not, is filling up, and is so much altered from its then condition that it cannot be navigated by his directions. TOLERATION orNO TOLERATION TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. shall feel obliged by your inserting in your paper, the following extract from the Edinburgh Review for April last, page 525-7 ; and I would beg to ask the ministers of the Christian religion if they are willing to let the truth of it rest for sup port on such a statute as the following one ? and I would also inquire of those persons who profess to be the advocates of civil and religious liberty, if there can be any such thing, so long as such a statute re mains on our books ?—I am, Sir, yours, &c. Dec. Z, 1850. W. H. " 9th and 10th of William 111., cap. 32.—Whoever, having been educated a Christian, shall by writing, printing, teaching, or advised speaking, deny any one of the persons in the Holy Trinity to be Cod, or assert that there are mere Gods than one, or deny the Christian religion to be true, or the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be of Divine authority, shall, for the first offence, be incapable of bolding any office, or place of trust, civil, or military; and, fur the second, be imprisoned for three 3 - ears, and be incapable of suing in any court of law or equity, or of accepting any gift or legacy. - 6 6 the punishment for denying the doctrine of the Trinity was repealed in our own times, but the remain dar of the statute is in fall force at this day." The reviewers sum up their observations on tbe subject in the following words : It a balance be struck between the infidelity that is prevented, and the infidelity that is occasioned, by the absence of free discussion, we have no doubt that the latter would greatly predominate." FOREIGN FUNDS. UAMBURGU FUNDS, Dze._2. BUIL Money. Hanoverian New Loan,s per Cent.... Ditto, 3% per Cent. Bank Shares. •••• • • • ............ Prussian 5-per Cent. ......... Angio-Russian Loan ............ .. Russian Certificates, 5 per Cent.:—.• .. 96 95 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• •• • • Ditto Stieglitz, 4 per Cent. ........ 83% Hamburgh, 3% per Cent. • • ........ • • 86% 86% Lubeck Loan (1840) .......... 97 Belgian Loan, 2% per Cent.... •••• .. • • Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • 72% 72% Ditto, in 1001. Shares •. •••••• .. • • . • 72% 72% Ditto,s per cent. .•• • • .... 93 Anglo-Sw&dish Loan iiitto, Transport Loan .. • ....... Ditto, lisp., 4 per Cents .......... Norwegian 4 per Cents. • •• • • 99% Spanish New 5 per Cent.............. 11 10% Ditto, 3 per Cents. • • ...... 303 30% Ditto, Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent-. Ditto 3 per Cent. ••••••••• • • • • • • • National Bank Shares .... ••••• • • • •• American, 6 per Cent. .. •........... 103% mg RAILWAYS. Ditto, Priority Shares ... ........ Berlin and Hamburg .........• • ..... 23% 13 Ditto, Priority Shares ......... Ditto, second emission ............ Magdeberg•Wittenburg .............. Ditto, 5 per Ceuts. .......... • Cologne and 51indeu ••••..•• • • • • • • 99 96% Ditto, Priority Shares ............ Ditto, 5 per Cents. Frederick-William, Northern ........ 32 Mecklenberg ...................... 26 26 Ditto, Priority Shares, 4% per Cent. Alton& and Kiel Gluckstadt .. • ........... ••........ DUTCH FUNDS.—AMIITZIDAM, DEC. 3. Active Debt, 254 per Cent•• •••••• •• • 54% 55 Ditto, 3 per Cent .......... •• 65 65 Ditto, 4 per 85% 85 Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent ••••• • •• • • East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... 84% 84% Frankfort, 3 per Cents. •••••• • • 53% 53% Russian 5 per Cents., Hope & Co. 104 Ditto, ditto, Steiglitz ........ ••• • .. 84% Spanish New 5 per Cents. •••• • • • • .... 12 3-16 11 5-16 Ditto, 3 per Cents. •• • • .. 33 33 'j Austrian 5 per Cents., hietallics .... • • 68 69% Ditto 2% per Cent. •••. • .. 36% 37 Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 110 111 Exchangeon London, at sight • • •• 11 67 Two months... • • • . 11 60 On Hamburgh, at sight .... 35 43 Two m0nth5......... • ....• 35 12 On Paris, at sight...... • 56 0 Tw0m0nth5............... 55 62 EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT AND CIIRE.—WO find the following account of an extraordinary cure in the Union' Medicate :—" Phineas Gage, aged 25, employed in the con struction of a railway, was engaged in ch arging a hole made in a rock with powder, in order to blast it, when, supposing that the powder had become mixed with sand, he stirred it andup with long the h a ar wa a iron drivenro. A d completely pl explosion etel y ()n g h instantly took the he ad n place, man and fell at a short distance from him, covered with blood and a part of his brain. The iron rod weighed about 61b., and was 34 inches in length, and about an inch thick. It entered the left angle of the lower jaw, and came out at the top of the bead behind the bone of the forehead. The wounded man was knocked down by the blow, but imme diately rose again, spoke to the persons round him, got el , into a cart, in which he kept standing while it was being driven for more than a mile to an inn, where he alighted and ascended a long staircase, and went to bed in the posses sion of his mental faculties. A surgeon arrived in half an hour after the accident. 'I he upper part of the head was exten sively fractured, and the wound at the side of the jaw was large enough to admit the finger. The small pieces of the' skull were removed, the larger bones adjusted, and the wounds dressed. We shall not enter into the details of this interesting case, but merely say that the patient promptly recovered with the loss only of the sight of the left eye." NEW PIER AT RYDE.—The deputation that waited upon Sir Richard Simeon, with the plans and esti mates of the proposed new pier from the eastward of the town, on Wednesday last, were welcomed most cordially, and treated sumptuously; the worthy baronet assured theta that he would do all in his power to aid them in their spi rited purpose, and freely offered them, without rent or other charge, the land or shore which they might require for the erection of the pier and baths. Some idea of the libera lity of this gift may be given, when we state that upwards of 401. a year as ground rent is paid to the Lind and Player families for the site of the PTEI,EIIt pier.--rortsmoude Guardian. -_ THR SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING) DECEMBER 6, 1850.