The Sun. — London, England, 1851-09-20 00:00:00

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FIIIIIT.—p hie Hothouse Arples, English, 4s to 7s per lb; Grapes, 2s to 53 per lb ; Pe.iches, OS to Os ; Nectarines, Os 3i to Os per dozen ; Apples is 3d to 2s 6d ; Pears, 2s to per half sieve per Melons, 2a to tis each; Plums, half sieve • , Greengages, 3s to 4s per half sieve ; Filberts, u a 3s to 6s , m to 65s per 1001bs. . VzoiczaßLEs—Cucumbers, Id to Gd each; Spinach, l s a . t 2 20 Od per half sieve ; h orseradish, is 6d to CS per bundle_ . tici ra nleY, Is 3d to 2s per dozen bunches; White Cabbages, 6 1 1 . 1 10 ; Red ditto, 2s to 4s ; Red Beet, 6d to is per do d zen to , _ h rcins, is to 2s per Pottle, Cabbage Lettuces, 6 1%ez1.4 per score; Turnips, 2a 6d to 38 6d, and Carrots, 4s to 6 . s per to _en bunches ; Potatoes, 40s to 75s per ton • ditto, " to 48 '3,1 per cwt v. 1 ; -e 'etY, 8d to is e bundle ; 'Greens, 3 s pn . per dozen buches; Artichokes , IS to 2s per do?'" : k.,-;,otln n Salad, la to 12 td, Peas, is 9d to 3s Gd per sieve; fr,e%ci?. Beans, Is Gd to 2a per sieve; Vegetable Marrows, Ur‘q l per dozen.; Walnuts 8d to 10d per 100; Spanish union 115 to 13 per box- ' Geese 3l ,l l 3l7l? lllit 4br,..1) LEJIDENHAL.XiIoasting Pi g, ss od to ..to 6s 10; k;apuns, 3s 6d to 5s Ocl, , _ 90; IVild ditt 48 °d e ach; Tame Rabbits, is id to 15 Fowls, 0, 84 to 10d •Pi , iod . Surrey , 4 5 nd to Od • ' , Pigeons, Jd to , . Goslings, _ „ toga , ditto Chickens, Os Od to Os Od , con . e ; 311u(t. ~,8 Od ; Ear -door Fowls,4s Od to Gs Od per Pl.. g Is ggs, 68 6d ,• is Od to 5s tin , and Irisn ditto. 5 ' to Os 00 ; French ditto, _ b. Butter, O s to () Od Per lb • , sddtos3 8d p 120 ; Fres ' ' to Is 6d ; Grouse,_ , Leverets, 2s tid to 3s Od • Quails, Is ~c., 2a 0,1 to 3 0 ' s d each. vi l 3 ai ee ,, f, fro 28 8(1 t011.3s W4(ll : ° Flt ill it;on,tc 3s ,le 10d to ,?,s 8(1; and Pork, 38 Od to 3s 8d per Beet; fro WililexcujixEL. 4(1 to 33 10d ; 2s 6d 8ths 1 . 0(1 ; v eil , „ ,‘ to .4 Ocl to 38 2d ; Mutton, 2s „, hs. '' 4 8 bd to 38 4(1; and Perk, 2s 6(1 to 3s 6d per 81- Tu , ZIZZLENGsGATE. 64 tu rbot_ 08 Od to 12s Od ; Brill, Os Oct to Os Od ; L bsters, 8(t to 2, Ad each ; Cod to 3s 6(1 to 63 6d ; --° Gs Od ; whillet's',/; Crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; Dorys, is 6d to r pair ; Flo und ' 1 Ud to 23 each ; Soles, 6d to 2s 0d Os Od ; Haddocks, s _ e , ers, o d to Is Oil per dozen ; Dried Haddocks, Od pe w r lt o i, Os Od to Os 0,1 per dozen e n Whitings, Os Od t o ol2s Per lb; ' R eis, 4(1 to 10d ; and Salmon, o ysters Mackerel, 04 to Od each ; Herrings, 8 s P ,630 d to 13s Od per bushel. Is Od t or ls 10 6 0 (1 ; The h.: 211 LEAD. to duo% of Pibeaten Bread in the metropolis are from 4d; of Tiousehold ditto, 4 1 ,0 to 5 1 / 2 d per 41b Mark et il. XEZDE liltaatiEET. ditto, 641 b to 721 b 1 (1 to 2.,'W1e5,561b to 641 b, lid to lid ; Bolb to 88%, vt; ditto, 7 21 b to 801 b, 2d to 2t,d ; ditto, 1041 b, ad3ld; ditto, 881 b to 961 b ,2id to 3d ; ditt ocl. 96l C b a t l o t Os Od ; S ki 03, 1i..1.' aid; ditto, 1 041 b to 1121 b, Od t A o to Her a h.,,hut, 18 Oct to 2s 6d; ditto, full, 43 6 Xe tts !;lids t, ts 6(1 to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, 2s is 9d to 2e Od; 4i11(1 Ralf-beeds, Is 9d to 2s 4d; Downs, 1) Skins 2s Od to 2s 3d. 4 flai l , le 105 Od; Skr,,,._ 714:11. rvitilaiitETs. 2d to 2s 8 11 ; er load. 3/ 1 0 .7 . 1inttn.--Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 4 C B l sover ditto, e t _ tu 4 rat, 2 , ~._.eBuPPIY, and a dull trade. and Straw, 1/ Os to l l! P 844 ditto BilLuTio--Meadow Hay, 3/ Os to 41 Os; ioliOs to 41 73; and Straw, 1/ is to 1 WrirritelriablY good, and trade dull. 4/ Os ; Clover ditto, ~.tpx/..--Aleadow Hay, 2/ 163 to 8s er load. Clover Tild e ,` Iva to 4/ 103; and Straw, 11 Is to 1119 per p load. Lieayy. I? ES2 ,------------ -----______ A s hort • °II4TI°N FROM DEATH. bathing and th tulle lance, after a lad who had been tiavi ar , I , g Roe, was taken out of the water, quite ead . ° 's',een immersed for some time, t° 6°lll ollu " t elY Mr. Thomas Nicholson, the a t g me, kid 4of the Irish steamers, was passing at the nd i oth er b tLhe poor lad in a boat, the apparently ent and with that regarding him as quite viithoute feeling they were taking away the e body the waterme d n a ad, th e I ) , fora taOlnent thinking of the possibility Y being however, on 46, 4 . g restored Mr Nicholson, g the b '— • the boy Wer e 4411 oy, took steps to try whether was only of Baspend.,,Y dead, or whether animation th cle v su, am L _ lie called to his aid the dis patehelpt Vere about him. At the same time e stu dent, keste.ngers to medical men and medical South assistance h of Devo'44l4l assisted in C onveying the boy to the. Mr. lciiehalsll4Aital• There every end tbaaa's assistance, was resorted to, and 1 1 _ . e. light of4.eatleinen had the great satl sfaction. stored appliance, with .nhn Nio n , of 11 ;!ing his labours rewarded bY seein re g stored to lif e 4 d'Llfe, and eventually the boy was as an „El4'2l3plellt-Au.ekalth• We mention this case d n er v 'n cases vt su p - show what perseverance may ___ 1 x eri. to nt ,I)(4ed drownin-, lir e is -44 Y lead e t•o P n to to t g e eventinp n a a f i t t e in r n al t l h o a r t d r in ea a t r n y rati badalt(lt other probable. P We also think tha for n °4 t be made kno wn of nw. accounts should. perseverance kr. Th ' peen for the characteristic Ivotkhr°l!is Nicholson, thepoor boy such " y e naea undoubtedly lost.—Plymouth J -ournal• life of the 14, 4 c --_____ It eIY-1444RS and WESTMINSTER BRIDGES Ilttlet:terwrzt.tutuaybet for.ewarned is to be forearmed. Now,. au b tiMi b . 0 these two great public structures, it against e°-, witiiine..said your columns have been close 44)11,rjtitteetsae.f tlhne 11 r. evidenceWalke c es mmhanvnes 4 , w. ouppaßio , OUSe of 0 r g rot. a moment we 1.1 0 later, 4 neat July, taken B b s e o fo h re e ; s w old oo „ g eat mass of ice coming awa y all ue pil e , ~ 'be answerable it would not sweep . 111°11 1t1 ' azie l doWn with them the bridge coming down th lin e te rf; river, bee„, tosuredi tL'," . 'es of t ti Yiall. Should that happen , W h stated that - yea r aearriars? It has been furt he r . (Westminster) t h m a i t n s t t h e e r n ) s he th °,` the river in that part has lowered six feet ne Or a to-'av!aat great repair. If that be so, let , any 1 184 6 " 6°ll/Wings Li 111,.° X 1 41" theY will then" alarmhave -seo%•-•eased is notwithout reason. Comm h p e a i t i y u i l ng a a M t T al l: d a g t e h s e report Committees vi. 4 0e., itti og 4 „_ . %hill s of thewta_.utervals during the last seven years; e l ela Yea r a 4 hi servals character brought forward; and t ot With ~,. c).Yal Commission has been produced ore view of considering the evidence do,, tuts ° has been ~„"; th „,, c° of and yet nothing appo e in e ted doubt the I trj r 4 41: 41 0 y of public authority is really surp . rising ; face , Lte of ~ p rtant thoroughfares connected with the risk c,,fkef 44aevraideetropolis there cannot encounter e a u n n d b y r et, in the fe tensertae . nee quoted, we must the delay was ~,st ~,, "'lnter. It would almost seem a tam e bridge f ca rry ingout the scheme of of tae uridoe Westminster, til t , 1 brid: e at. .W stminster, or and thus to comp trid,!tarneal'ateuumg carried away, 11 ss and Vauxhall to ttell) th ereb use of Charing-Jiro_ it may be in the hope sh am a ph, y habituating the people of Westminster 4 11 ,1 4 1 ,e c i n g i ? of traffic, and paving --14 er • tile double 'bridges ,2'.14r, --"--- sugges t t h 2 e d w i a n y 1846. lel?, I5 t 1 ;41. 41P- PLE OF THE DEAD SEA B„'Illt ani on a somewhat singular discovery when tra• R E .l l l ..Wlie r - V l th g the mountains to the east of the Dead th, ta :ep ay ti ; e mli ruins of Amnon, Jerash, and Adjelon set. It was abour and fatigue encountered in visiting L l C, l bbli ti , 8 a remarkably hot and sultry day; we were,,,,, 4 4 4 ; 1 aa s d I P the mountain through a thick jungle of b - i i i,, - ,,'° ,, tre hen I saw before me a fine plum blu,"ell ''' with fr e sh blooming plums. I cried out to le g pi:atraveller "lslow, then, g who will arrive &st ab s! t 11 41 01, 1re e? and as he caught a glimpse of so refre I (l ii 4 s wh i tl e k e, we both pressed our horses into a gallop . iii. ° both „"&i,ll'auld get the first plum fcom the branches . . ea r it a Co r i P: l ' .. d ._ at the same . moment, and each snatch It . hi eh lo g it :' ilialost,epadut ofit at b o e nc e a oe i l n , to our mouths, when, delicious, juicy fruit Lititoetitlteitt4titett,:ittPtitiehtvetcd(r,n, our the were filled with a dry, : 3 a i t n u re n e d n e d r th d e oin tr g ee a s ll u w p horses to b e 4 141 Per cif : the hemming, of this strang eo e nco f o r ttu u lr i d t. W_ .a e . tt-vered-aeired, and to my great delight, that we had di ti It,hialt nos apple o - f the Dead Sea,.the existence t i , otr ix b o . 01 been doubted and canvassed since the days A lt all an ei• described it. Many mti o . era hap © iny, who first ( os II Y O given descriptions of other vegetable pro . 9 Pli which 4 41 ,, ay ; b u . ... analogysome. the thing one had met bear to the one described . lt 1 ; 1 4 1 ' eithor" u p to this time no Lad ors or upon the s pot . ; toe al upon I browthem to Eng. awar% upon are a kind of gall nu' , g ht mentioned several of b y the ancient l t ilit 1,, P°11 the plains of Troy; blutfobe no tr 'l4l3 o Z ik l eV er that this is the apple thereund others eao - which huemit'llu Pliny referred. Some of those which_ of Sodom, to and a description illtr:11111131?si&dIgland were . given to the Linnten Society, dal'Aeir an engraving of them, kt as tractable pecuriarities,.in their " Transac . tions; '. tl'iattitiZhiltl4l Item in consequence omitted to explain the peculiar interest 4 1' "successfully for above of ls th O eir years, they ex" 4;4 ittle attention; though, as the of the having been evidence most t z i t :' 4 '4 l,. r - ' ;: h oci lit uc h t :w on s 3 o' long been considered as a ' 4l lO "Y are fairl to be classed among the the vulgar --"`‘1111*---Cui.z0,1vy,shmichenhaasvieeriebseefentbhreoLuegetiatnfir.om th •tti k b . ! .. .1.... , ------ Near by I. o t f2 e a - ter li "4l:: l l B 2 3 r ET f ECTION or A SMUGGLER.-- a 14 7 ,1 5ai 1i .,..., .e o Loch Tay, for a series of years past, _ c 4, 4 4 e,, 5 1,:ter nas continued to carry on his illegal traffic h's f -4. 4, 4 4a1 ti e ~ t i every opposition. Tim . e after time he has . been Thintite vom_myY penalties, but still he has persisted in i t4 l dete rna l_atto . n with a resolutio fe n r w h o i r m thy am of eh a g be t t h t e er h e a a t u iv s e e e . ttg o a t laelleti o n a 4 t o 7 ll ,, has__ earned ° llia ° °lacers f ing of the Smugglers." at old o Excise were g ar g l e e rs t . h " at A he s w ho a r e t ba t g i ta nl hn e ' (l4 tict "' e ta a mystery. The hills and glens for manymiles pursuits, but the whereabouts of his o r but Z t i t ill tis tWoecritessmeaorcohed da d . ) , after . day • every nook and corner explored,the old ' Ne t qt; no tra r c s e an of y could be found, r t a h v e inet e w th e ' re minutely Ra nt er himself -tl t lt.' h' laugh officers' Br as he r e Matters a ing is e to a crisis sooner la r s ql v.eas• , however, cam the officer of the ,i.astleit)l7lected. Mr. Munro Kelly, . I tt t o ,tle district, hit upon the following ingenious de at the . Urea 'lBcover his " Majesty's still-house." Aboutpro v. : ( llg° , Ali.. Kelly accompanied by two assistants, e 'ortic .. ,.° the quarter ' onceoptd, and arrived toer d de twu .Nterg,,oter dark •h at went to a farm-house an itisect":reihors.e and cart, e to carry . . away some whisky be had ° tat ftging to a certain individual. The ruse took, the in, 4 . 114 1,1 1 : 4d cart were yoked, the officer and his men leaped "f th t Party in char e drove them almost to the titottalorig-looked for bothy. His " Majesty" hadbarely , attil.astiettaPe, accompanied by two attendants; l ed -o full. operatio, with all the other utensils, were it - it tld carried off, and the house itself destroyed. 4 eq,lrAt ORTIIOPC6DIC HOSPITAL FOR THE CURE the " 1111 POO, &c. —Oa Thursday afternoon a meetin 9 tho Zalnsittee T of the above valuable institution was heldbi a n e st4tiss,Yd-rooni of the Hospital, Bloomsbury- a q . 'lea' records of the institution showed that s Dati e Bloomsbury-square. the e n . umb . er tree y _ ats undergoing treatment.• continued . to be on the in of the the total for the last half-year having exceeded those k`ci Previous simonths b uwards of one - 1) -"( twent x mon y are weekly added to a nri hundred. er of ~_ yto fifty new cases books waiting 4 qci It' uc tit 7 03, now in constant attendance at the hospital; tlie;„ aPpears that in addition to 300 on the titg e ,.. bof admission, applications ti le gent and afflicting cases continue to be received, although tiir . • for in-door treatment in The haunthos .Pitel)rte acc or.nmodation . is by far too limited. . ... i(l oal now distributed its benefits to nearly 12,000 ind! and it is grata lig s, resident in all parts of the kingdom, t he ithlg to report that a most encouraging success has attended i.efforts of the committee in raising the necessary crippled po or 'llgb not adequate to the many claims of the 1 " waiting for in-door treatment. funds 216, S N, LITERATURE. OVERLAND JOURNEY TO THE GREAT LXIIIBITION. By Richard Doyle. Having long seceded from the pages o f P unch, Richard Doyle is doubly and trebly welcome to us on the occasion of his present re-appearance. For bizarre and eccentric extravagance he stands altogether without any competitor among the brilliant group of our native caricaturists—a word of commendation not without some emphasis when it is remembered that in their ranks are comprised such draughtsmen as John Leech the inexhaustible, and our old favourite George Cruikshank. Invigorated in fancy, it would seem, by his prolonged absence, Mr. Doyle, in the comical panorama before us, displays, with a liveliness more than ever conspicuous, that drollery for which he has already rendered himself so remarkable, and what is more, so popular—especially, be it not forgotten, in his memorable sketches of the " Manners and Cus toms of ye Englishe." Here we have a long proces sion of visitors to the Exhibition, headed by Mr. Bull himself, conveying, most of them, sundry extra articles not hitherto deposited among the miscellaneous collection in the Crystal Palace. All of them have big bulbous looking heads, and little attenuated ex , tremities—their upper moiety being Brobdignagian, and their lower Lilliputian. First appears a miscel laneous group of foreigners, gaudily painted, hirsute, shaven, black, yellow, and red, a very cadaverous Jew bringing up the rear, in whose mouth it may be mean that— " Buzzing twangs the iron lyre." Next is a very barren and naked tree, hight one of Liberty carried in triumph by a party of French men. The character of the nation is humorously indicated, here a fish fag with her scarlet p e tticoat, her sabots, and her high Normandy cap, there a gen darme in a livery of yellow and blue piebald—while on the bare boughs, like extraordinary fruit, are dangling such significant appendages as a barn-yard, cock, a couple of crowns imperial and royal, a bonnet rouge, a three-cornered cocked hat, a pair of jack boots, and an exceedingly tame eagle. In all this there is an agreeable and ludicrous satire. Then come the Italians, singing themselves into a state of delirium, some of the faces being capital photographs. A buy-a• broom girl, with her chicks, is followed by a posse of Scotahmen, and these again by a Cuban Spaniard, sweating under a bundle of gigantic cigars. A German street band blowing itself into fits through brass, a German swigging party drinking itself blind drunk, and a German smoking gang puffing itself into a fog of the densest stupidity, follow. Then, last and best of all, the embodied Liberty of Yankeeland. Such a keen, sharp, shrewd, knowing effigy of Libertas never winked before under the cap of Phrygia. She shoulders the fasces and drags at her heels a couple of manacled negroes. her sons come after her, bearing the trophy of their emancipation—the knout with which they wollop their helps. Of the closing group, bringing up the rear, a group representing the birds and beasts symbolical of the various European races, we can say nothing beyond this, that they are exquisitely humorous. The "Overland Journey" will be long remembered after the Great Exhibition has be come a thing of yesterday. COURT CIF CULAR. BALMORAL, THURSDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert drove out yesterday morning, and his Royal High ness afterwards went out deer-stalking. In the afternoon her Majesty drove in the open carriage, accompanied by the Princess Royal. Sir Edwin Landseer arrived at Balmoral yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Augusta and Lady Frances Bruce, Mr. Fox Maule, and Sir E. Landseer. Dispatches were sent off yesterday, from the Colo nial-office, to the Governors of the North American Colonies, the Governors of Hong Kong and Ceylon, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and the Governor of Malta. Dispatches were sent off to the Governors of the Mauritius, Newfoundland, Leman, and Bsrmuda. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo nial-office, from the Governor of Heligoland. Is " THE SAXON" TO BLAME ?—A correspondent of the Cork Examiner, who was, we presume, attracted to Bantry by the regatta in that locality, gives the following harrowing description of a scene which he witnessed in the graveyard :—" I visited also the abbey graveyard, an un protected sanctuary of the dead. Will your readers credit the subsequent facts, supporte d, as the y can be, by honour able testimony ? I counted 28 coffins (if such they might he designated) exposed to view—a sight which awakened feelings of thrill and horror. The shell intended to hold the mortal remains of some hapless parent, brother, or sister was broken into ; its contents unquestionably devoured by dogs, which apparently have long revelled at their horrible feast. Pigs, from the manner in which the ground had been rooted, and the fragments of dead bodies exposed in the different stages of decomposition, giving off miasma, appear to have found their way here also, and glutted madly perhaps on the wrecks of their owners. Inhuman recklessness ! I observed a few pieces of boards rudely nailed together—an attempt to form a box—containing the remains of a child, lying on the bare surface, a few large stones placed on the lid, but nothing more; no shallow grave was scooped to receive the happy but unfortunate dead I The feelings of humanity are more than outraged in the magnitude of this wilful improvidence. To think such a graveyard, within three or four hundred yards of an Earl's mansion, on the borders of the town, in habited by respectable and influential individuals, could for a moment exist in such a state of Christian neglect, reflects lasting disgrace on all parties." Commenting upon this dreadful narrative is unnecessary. One remark, however, may be hazarded—the much-abused " Saxon" is guiltless of the unnatural neglect of the dead here described. THE WEATHER IN PARIS.—It appears, from the observations made at the Paris Observatory in August last, that the average temperature in that month was 19.03 cen tigrade (about 66 Fahrenheit). In July the average was 17.08. The highest temperature in August was 31 degrees (about 80 Fahrenheit) on the 23d, and the lowest 70.50 on the 30th. The depth of rain which fell in the court of the Observatory was 2.824 c., and on the southern terrace 2.604 c. The average of the oscillations of the mercury in the baro metric tube at noon each day was 758.06. The wind at noon blew 13 days from the north, 11 from west, 6 from the south, and 1 from the east. On 22 days the sky was cloudy, on 7 it was fine, on 1 nearly fine, and 1 rainy. THE NEW SURREY COUNTY GAOL AT WANDS IVORTH.—This edifice, erected as a substitute for the gaols of Guildford, Kingston, &c., is at length completed, and is now ready for the reception of prisoners. It is built upon an ele vated and salubrious site—Wandsworth-common, and from its extensive outline has a most commanding aspect. The external walls enclose an area of thirteen acres, a large por tion of which is appropriated as airing grounds, &c. The building itself, which is of an irregular pentagonal form, oc cupying the remainder„ about 1,000 feet in length, and 660 feet in depth. The design is by D. llill, Esq., architect of Birmingham. The style is plain, consisting of massive brick work, with stone coigns and dressings, the interior having 1 , all the modern improvements and arrangements as at Pen tonville and similar prisons; it is, moreover, entirely fire proof, and the whole details of the plan have been ably car lied out by Messrs. Locke and Nesham, of Theobald's-road, the builders. This gaol is calculated for 500 prisoners 335 males and 165 females; a separate cell for each, mea suring 13 feet by 7 feet, and 7 feet in height; and there are also 47 reception and punishment cells, the whole of the floorings of which, in order effectually to exclude damp, are laid with Orsi and Armani's patent metallic lava. The chapel has 394 separate sittings, and, fronfthe flooring being laid in chequered blue and white Staffordshire tiles, has a very neat appearance. Throughout the whole building similar appa ratus to Pentonville is applied for warming, ventilating, cooking, drying clothes, &c. ; while the kitchen, cooking apparatus, laundry, &c., are isolated from the main building. The magistrates' room, and the apartments for the respec tive officers, are neatly, but not expensively fitted. THE MIRACULOUS CABBAGE.—Rose Tamiser, the miracle-monger in France, asserted that she was ordered by Heaven to plant a cabbage in a convent-garden, and that in a few days the miraculous vegetable grew to so enormous a size that the whole community dined off it.- Vast as this vegetable must have been, Father Newman, of Birmingham, is ready to swallow the cabbage, and all the community who ate it, and the story into the bargain, and to preach without inconvenience afterwards to a select congregatPunch. RECAPTURE OP A CONVICT. On Friday last three convicts of the Hebe and Wye, for work at the Royal Arsenal, while employed in the mud on the banks of the river, took the opportunity of a boat being near to escape to the opposite side of the river, and landing on the Essex side, eluded the vigilance of their pursuers. One of these convicts was recaptured yesterday at Chiselhurst, and will probably be immediately sent out of the country in conse quence of his attempt to escape the sentence he was under going of ten years' transportation. DUNDONALD.—INTREPIDITY IN A LADY.-011 Thursday week last, while Mrs. Nasmyth, of Dundonald, was returning from Cardenden Station to her own house, she observed a child floating in a pond which supplies the engine with water, when she immediately threw from her a parasol and leaped into the water, and saved the child, al though at the risk of her own life. Dr. Johnston was im mediately sent for, and used the necessary means to restore the apparently drowned child to life, with, we are happy to say, the desired effect.—Fifeshire Aevertiser. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.—On Monday, the 22d inst. (as the 21st, St. Matthew's -day, falls on Sunday), the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs, with the Governors of the several Royal Hospitals, will attend Divine service at Christ's Church, Newgate-street, where a sermon will be preached by the Rev. E. W. Relton, M.A., perpetual curate of St. Bartholomew's, Bethnal-green. After which they will repair to the great hall in Christ's Hospital, where four orations, on the benefits of the Royal Hospitals, will be de livered, according to annual custom, by four of the senior scholars : —ln Latin, by 11. D. Sweeting ; in English, by G. W. Brown ; in Greek, by R. A. Lloyd ; in French, by G. C. Bell. Seven poems will also be recited by others of the senior scholars, viz. :—A Latin Alcaic Ode, on "Columbus," by Claude Perez; a translation of "The Chief Justice's Apology. and King Henry's Reply," from Shakspere, into Greek lambics, by H. B. Parkin; Latin Elegiacs on " Lucretia," by H. H. Stone ; Greek Sapphics on "Queen Elizabeth," by G. I. Gauntlett ; a translation from Camp bell's Pleasure of Hope," on Scepticism, by W. Doran; Latin Sapphics on " England's Invitation to the Nations," by H. Jevers; an English poem, on " Rome," by IL Ludlow. THE QUICKEST MAIL TRANSIT TO CHINA EVER .K"vaN.—The mail of the 24th May, from London, reached Hong Kong on the Bth July, being only 44 days in its tran sit. It was conveyed from Suez to Ceylon by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Hindostan, and from COaryielnontaltoalindonMgaKltaonsgteiallmtehresi,r new steamer Singapore. The mail of the 24th June, which would be convoyed by the was expected to reach China in about the same time. The time allowed in the contract with the company is 56 days. We understand that the Lord Bishop of Glouces ter and Bristol will hold his v i s it a tion at Bristol Cathedral on the 23d September. L0N1.)02,1, SO UT 11-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPAAY. (From tho Morning Chronicic.) The South-Eastern Railway Company, by closing their official half-year a month later than any of their neighbours, have generally the advantage, or disad vantage, of holding their meetings at a time when that portion of the public which takes an interest in such questions is at liberty to attend to the discussions which agitate their body. It must be confessed that there is generally something to be learnt on these occasions. The South-Eastern shareholders are not often all of one mind, and their sentiments and opinions are commonly expressed in very intelligible terms. Still they contrive to preserve at their meetings a tone of moderation which some other companies might usefully imitate. The proceedings on Thursday last were of this character. The results of the first six months of the present year have not been so success ful as was expected at its commencement; and the Chairman had to abate something of the exuberant hopefulness which has pervaded his official addresses on one or two former occasions. Mr. Levy was, of course, quite ready with a humorous speech, and with a good deal of hearty scolding; and atter him came several other gentlemen, who, in spite of their strong dissatisfaction with what they called the mise rable dividend of eight shillings per share (equal to 3 per cent. per annum), were sufficiently forbearing to abstain from any very violent measures. Rail way proprietors are, indeed, always more or less un reasonable when the dividend either disappoints or exceeds their expectations ; and a poor dividend is sure to produce a torrent of incoherent criticism. To some extent, this was the case on Thursday last. Mr. Levy found fault with everything in his usual eccentric style ; Mr. Smith traced the diminution of the dividend to the increase of the trucks and car riages ; and Mr. Crook considered that he had just ground of complaint, because the chairman was not a prophet us well as a man of business. But the meeting listened very patiently, and with considerable good humour, to their several expositions of doctrine, and, at the conclusion, with great gravity and good sense, determined—almost without a ,dissentient — to accept the directors' dividend, and make the best ot 1.. If we considered that, in the present position o the South-Eastern Company, there was any circum• stance to create distrust or alarm, we should advert to the proceedings of Thursday in a more serious tone. But the fact is, the company, although not making the rapid progress which some of the share holders would like to see, is, in spite of all drawbacks, in a sound and prosperous con dition. Like all the other great trunk lines, the South-Eastern widely mistook its policy and its resources during the wild days of the speculative fever, and for the last three or four years it has been paying the penalty pretty smartly. But the corner seems at length to have been turned, and nothing but the blindest impatience or the greatest obtuseness can now prevent the line from attaining its proper deve lopment. It is very easy for gentlemen like Mr. Smith to find fault with a large expenditure upon new carriages, and to make out a plausible ground of complaint by quoting only round figures of considerable amount, which, taken by themselves, indicate what looks like a disproportionate outlay. This is an old and very cheap device, and although we imagine that, in this instance, a tolerably conclu sive explanation might be given, it is impossible to condense the reply into the same pithy compass as the accusation, and consequently the assailant is not easily deprived of the advantages of what are called his " facts." The truth is, that the carriage accommo dation of the South-Eastern line, before the intro duction of the new rolling stock, was posstively dis graceful. The first and second class conveyances were built according to one of the earliest and least elegant, as well as least comfortable, types of railway carriage architecture ; and there can be no doubt that this circumstance operated very powerfully to the disadvantage of the company. It is no answer to this statement to say that people who are compelled to travel along a certain line must be content with the conveyances provided for them. That is true enough —but one of the most valuable recent discoveries in railway management is, that a line does best when it depends as little as possible upon the traffic which must pass along it. The secret of success seems to lie in making railway travelling so pleasant and easy to the population who live within the vicinity of a line as to induce almost every one to set aside some portion of his income for the frequent enjoyment of the luxury. The art of accomplishing this object is not easily learnt, and it is surrounded with difficulties even in the simplest cases. Still the principle is indisputably sound; and few companies in the kingdom can less afford to neglect it than the South-Eastern. It is a great mistake to regard that railway as merely a trunk line to Dover. Geographically speaking, that view may be correct ; but, as a question of profit and loss, no sagacious director will overlook the adapta tion of the line to pleasure traffic. Previously to the past summer the South-Eastern directors have not seen this fact in its proper light. They have been too much absorbed by the through traffic to Dover, to attend with sufficient assiduity to the short traffic to Tunbridge and other places on that portion of the route. Before the end of the present year the Tun bridge Wells branch will be extended to Hastings, and, when that event takes place, it ought to become a paramount object with the South-Eastern board to create and develop what may be called a residential traffic along the whole of the Tunbridge and Hast ings lines. Perseverance as well as skill will be re quired to accomplish this end ; but the object will be a vital one to the interests of the company, and there could not be a more short-sighted economy than for the shareholders to propose resolutions condemnatory of their directors, for merely making such reasonable provision for the accommodation of the public as other railways have long since afforded. We advert the more particularly to this topic, because nothing tends so directly to prolong the mischievous uncer tainty with which railway property is surrounded, as a disposition on the part of shareholders to cast un merited censure and suspicion on the management of their lines. We learn with pleasure, from the Chairman's speech on Thursday, that greater facilities are to be given for the traffic between London and Paris, and vice versa, and that a probability exists that the nui sance of the Custom-house inspection will be in some degree abated ; and we are no less glad to observe that the receipts on the line since the 31st July last have been 25,000/. more than during the corresponding period of last year. The South-Eastern board have still a wide field before them, and a field which it will require all their exertions to cultivate with full advantage to themselves and their constituents. They must, of course, be cautious; but they must also know how to be prudently bold, for the full measure of their prosperity will only be attained when they shall have brought into action sources of revenue hat are at present barely recognised. ANOTHER DREADFUL SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT IN PIMLICO. SIX PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED. Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, an acci dent of a shocking nature, which, it is feared, wil terminate fatally to two of the sufferers, besides se verely injuring the others, occurred at the corner of Tachbrook-street and Belgrave•place, Pimlico, from the breaking down of a scaffold upon which some men were at work. From information we collected on the spot, it appears that Mr. Grigg, a builder, is erecting three houses between the ends of the above-named streets, and immediately facing the entrance to the Equitable Gasworks, near Vauxhall-bridge. They are five stories, or over fifty feet high, and nearly eighty feet in length. The plasterers, consisting of three men and two boys, had just finished making the p l as ter cornice which projects from the side of the parapet, and had commenced work a little lower down, where they had not been long engaged when the whole of the fresh cornice, extending its entire length, fell instantly, in one piece, carrying the whole of the stage with it, and snapping the light scaffold poles like matchwood, precipitated all who were standing on it to the ground, among the bricks and rubbish below — a labourer who was working uuderneath narrowly es caping with a cut finger. Their fall having been observed, assistance was immediately procured, and the suf ferers, on being extricated, were conveyed to a sur geon's in the street, who sent them to the hospitals— two to St. George's and one to the Westminster; the remaining two were taken into Mr. Smyth's, "Th M e Perseverance" publi c -house, opposite, where r. Moore, surgeon, of Besborough-place, was unremit ting in his attention to the worst case, t hat of one la- of the boys, named Carroll , the son of a poor Irish bourer (who, with his wife, were almost distracted at the mangled' state of their boy), residing in Tothill street, Westminster, where the lad has since been taken in a very precarious state. The following are the names of the sufferers, with the injuries they have sustained :—J. Knowles, compound fracture of both legs, Westminster Hospital ; 11. Tulk, thigh broken a rs ee n vc d eory fr ee a lry c ; tu bA r r e ul ei o xs f eadn s d k ien u r l t l Gh, the legs ,s G e ab o nr r do g t c'ha arms, mr , no of a t t the expected homeb u builder, severely to e two boys, one named Reardon, g broken ' leg and other injuries, St. George's • the other, named Patrick nf t o h t 'e e x b p a e a c e t e o d f stb 0 n fracturee and r ip o s The neighbourhood is in a state of great Carroll,breathe grraeec skull,aothvee a t idat di stance excitement, n h et e : s ibl o e r a ag3o6 l .i s s t t a aiv n ni c cr e e. from or mi il the g htplacethe a builder, o a o t h n ee rendered accident reported every is a onlyfe fewwp possible days s the vast in procuring cabs and other conveyances. The police were also very serviceable in keeping away crowd that had collected. SUPPOSED DPATII OF MR. BRIGGS. A corres pondent frum the Highlands informs us that a ponderous looking shoe has been discovered on Ben Nevis, the sole of which is covered with large-Leaded nails, so arranged as to form the words " Mr. Briggs, his shoe." A volume of one of the Greek poets was also found at no great distance, but the antecedents of Dlr. 13riggs make it difficult to connect the two objects. SATURjA I SPORTIN G NOTES. No. CXXVIIL TH DONCASTER RAGING. ITS EFFECTS UPON SEVERAL GREAT EVENTS IN THE WOMB OF TIME. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The past meeting at Doncaster, in all respects but one—the bad attendance of the aristocracy—has this time rivalled, if not excelled, the palmiest of its prede cessors. The largest sum of money with one exception —the dead heat Leger day of Voltigeur and Russbo rough—has been taken this year at the stand. The racing has been decidedly above the average, and of a highly superior class, rendered uncommonly interesting by the peculiar contrariety of the running as compared with the previous performances of the animals engaged. It is my present intention to glance at the principal races of the week, and endeavour to show how far they will influence events still behind the curtain of futurity. The first day boasted of two extraordinary races—the Champagne Stakes and the Great Yorkshire Handicap; the former, booked a certainty for the Goodwood crack Homebrowed, who found numerous and influential sup porters at 6 to 5, was but another evidence of the glorious uncertainty," &c. Homebrewed led off the running at a fair pace, waited on by Bay Rosalind (not quite up to the mark )—the pair, however, were in diffi culties at the distance, the two sons of Irish Birdcatcher (Daniel O'Rourke and Augur) divesting them of the lead, going on by themselves and finishing so close that seven-eighths of the spectators in the stand could not tell which had won; Augur, however, just did the deed by a short half length. Neither Augur, or Daniel O'Rourke, two of my fancy animals for next year's Derby, must be lost sight of, the former having already evinced staying powers coupled with speed of no ordinary description. Pretty nearly the same remarks will apply to the gentle man with the Irish coguomination. Bomebrewed is not worth an investment at any price for the Derby. One of those peculiar pranks for which the Fytleld Baronet is celebrated, came off victoriously in the Great Yorkshire Handicap with his chestnut son of Cowl—the Confes sor; at the last moment, and when little thought of, a large (commission was extensively carried out at the list-houses in favour of this horse. So dark, however, were the intentions of the stable kept, that it was not until the horse arrived at Doncaster that it became evi dent the commission before named was put on for Sir Joseph, and the horse evidently booked a certainty by the partisans of the cherry colour. The couple of cracks—Calculator and Cossack—were in inextricable difficulties half-way up the distance. Confessor's victory indirectly through Aphrodite makes the Cesarewitch almost a certainty for Newminster. Claverhouse, another of my fancy Derby animals, won the Municipal Stakes in tee most off, hand manner imaginable. Ho also must be taken care of for the great Surrey Stakes, being an improving horse, and giving every sign of turning out a clipper. The St. Leger of iB5l was one of the most re• markable that has ever been run; all calculations were set at defiance by the extraordinary in and out run ning of the competitors throughout the season, though this can bo accounted for with respect to the winner, as not being in term when at Epsom, and as having been severely shaken when "put through the mill" the week before bia race at York—his legs not being the soundest that can be found; he, however. redeemed his blood by beating one of the finest mares of the year in a common canter by two lengths. How on earth Hookem Suivey and Sir Rowland Treechard, two very inferior animals, managed to find themselves third and fourth, beating The Ban, Hernandez, Lamartine, and eleven others, in my opinion quite their equals, must remain a mystery. Newminster's victory, as I before observed, entitles him to the confidence of the speculator for the Cesarewitch. Aphrodite, notwithstanding she beat everything behind her very easily, at thu weight cannot stand much chance of winning the Cambridgeshire. This St. Leger, having been run in three minutes nineteen seconds, is the fastest since Sir Tatton Sykes's year, being one second quicker than Van Tromp's, Surplice's, and the Flying Dutchman's, and only being equalled thrice since the days of Reveller and Antonio, 1818- 1819. The settling on this Great Northern event, so far as the bookmakers are concerned, is tolerably harmless, there being only a few exceptions ie which Newminster has been potted, all but ono of them likely to come to the scratch. That speedy daughter of Faugh-a-Ballagh, Le Juif, won the Cleveland Handicap in very clever style, by a head, beating Worcester (to whom she gave a stone and a half), Vanguard, Vatican, Alonzo, and Hungerford; a very good performance, which must not be forgotten. The Orlando blood was again, for the thirtieth or fortieth time this season, victorious, in Mr. Stebbinga's Alfred the Great; he is, however, no Derby horse. I all but accomplished the extraordinary teat of placing the five starters for the Park Hill stakes; of course, I awarded the victory to Aphrodite, who won hard held by eight lengths. Had this magnificent daughter of Bay Middleton and Venus been started for the Oaks, she must have won easily. The Ban, after running ninth in the St. Lager, comes out and wins the Doncaster Cup very easily by two lengths; Black Doctor second, and Maid of Masham third. The last-named, had she not broken down at the distance, would have won, or at least I think stS. After this performance of the Black Doctor's his Cesarewitch chance, though not altogether gone, is by no manner of means very rosy. The Manchester Autumn Meeting I shall defer com menting on until Monday. En passant, I may as well remark, that the Bedfordshire Stakes at Bedford are booked a certainty for RETAIL; and that the Two Years old Stakes are considered au equally conclusive affair in favour of GREY TOMMY. Latest betting this morning— Bedfordshire Stake-6 to 4 agst Retail, 3to 1 eget Pa nope, 3 to 1 agst Montague. Two Years old Stakes — Even on Grey Tommy, 6 to 4 taken freely. Cesare witch-8 to 1 agst Mokanna, 10 to 1 agst Newminster, 20 to 1 agat Black Doctor, 20 to 1 agst Mark Tapley, 20 to 1 agst Trickstress. Cambridgeshire-20 to 1 agst Boarding School Miss, 25 to 1 agst Curl, 25 to 1 agat Deceitful, 30 to 1 agat Nancy, 30 to 1 agst Confidence. I am, Sir, yours, Lie., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Sept. 20, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES. BETTING ON THURSDAY NIGHT. THE CUP. A great deal of business was done on this event at fluctuating prices, 6 to 4 being at one time laid on Maid of Masham, and 6 to 4 afterwards offered against her; at the close the betting was even, the mare having the call, sto 2 was offered agst Sir J,Hawlsy's lot. THE CESAREWITCH. 8 to 1 agst Mokanna 20 to I sgst Trickstress 2to 1 Newminster 20 to 1 Grand Duke(t. ,7 to 1 Confidence 40 to 1 Sunriee (t.) CABIBRIDGESHIRE. 20 to 1 agst Boarding- 125 to agst Curl (t.) school Miss filly 125t0 1 veitiul DERBY. 9to 1 cgstllobbieNoble(t.) 125 to 1 agst Alfred the IS to 1 Augur Great 20 to 1 Kirg of 40 to 1 Vortex (t.) Trumps (t.) 40 to 1 Treasurer (t.) 20 to 1 Claverhouse Hobble Noble was backed for 1,000/. at 8 and 9 to 1, a similar amount having been previowly laid out at 8 to 1. The following list of the principal visitors on Wedues daphows a great calling oil as compared wit hlast year:— Prince Dobia. The Earls of Chesterfield, Zetland, Scarborough, Glasgow, Strathmore, Caledon. Lords—Newport, Maidstone, Enfield, Clifden, John Fitzroy, Drumlanrigg, Lui en, Exmouth, W. Powlett, Ribblesdale, Villiers, G. Manners. Barons—L. and M. Rothschild and Osten. Counts—Reventlow, Hardenberg, and Bathyany. Sirs—C. Monck, G. Armitage, G. V. 13. Johnstone, J. Hawley, J. Gerard, R. Peel, F. Sykes, W. H. Mil— ner, and F. White. Honourables—B. Lawley, H. Lawley, Col. Arson, Captain Rom, H. Forrester, F. Villiers, Col. Stanley, J. Macdonald, Admiral Paulott. Captains—Gambier, Hill, Pollat, Bastard, Maddox, Wilson. Messrs.—Greville, Gratwicke, Payne, Cookson, 0. Higgins, M.P., Gregory, Milner, M.P., Osbaldeston, Lumley, Carew, Drinkald, Magenis, S. Davidson, Jaques, R. Read, Meiklam, &c. FRIDAY'S RACES. Sweepstakes of 200 sus. each, h ft, for three yrs old ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; the second to save his stake. St. Leger Course. Lord Egliuton's Hippolytus ..............•••• (Marlow) 1 Mr. H. Johnson's Confidence ..................(A. Day) 2 Lord Glasgow's Nondescript .................. (Flatman) 3 13etting-7 to 4 on Hippolytus, and 5 to 2 asst Confi dence. Won very easily by a length; Nondescript beaten off. Run in 3 min. 38 secs. Handicap Plate of 70 sore. for three years old and up- wards. Mile and a quarter. Sir J. Hawley's Clincher, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (J. Marson) 1 Mr. Robson's The Sweep, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Hiett) 2 Mr. Hesse'tine's Lough Bawn, 3 yrs, Est 121b(Osborne) 3 Mr. Arran's Sweetheart, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Arnold) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 4 yrs, 7st 1 llb (Watts) 0 Lord Warwick's Grief; 5 yrs, 6st 131 b ...... (Charlton) 0 Mr. Morris's Haresfoot, 3 yrs, Est 12Ib (Bashana) 0 Mr,W. Stebbing's Knock Knoll, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Barker) 0 Mr. Harrison's Miss Fanny, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Carroll) 0 Mr. Barker's Lily, sst 121 b (car. sst 121 b) ...(Aldcroft) 0 Betting-7 to 4 egst Clincher, sto 1 each agst Miss Fanny and Haresfoot, 6 to 1 agst The Sweep, 7 to 1 agst Humphrey, and 8 to 1 agst Grief. Humphrey, Lough Bawn, Knook Knoll, and Grief got off in a body and ran together over the hill, the running being then taken up by Miss Fanny, followed by Humphrey, Sweetheart, and Knook Knoll; they ran in this order to the bend, where Lily went to the front, and taking a clear lead, made play until within half a distance of the chair; Clincher, The Sweep, and Lough Bawn now showed in advance, the favourite getting his head first opposite the Stand and winning easily by a length. Run in 2 min. 15 secs. The Parkhill Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for three years old fillies, Bst 71b each, the second to receive 100 Boys. cut of the stakes, and the winner to pay 30 sous. towards expenses. St. Leger Course. Sir J. Hawley's Aphrodite (J. Manson) 1 Mr. Harrison's Trickstress (Marlow) 2 Lord J. Scott's Miserrima (Bumby) 3 Lord Exeter's Phlegra (Flatrnan) 4 Mr. S. Davidson's Vivandiere (A. Day) 5 Betting-3 to lon Aphrodite, and 4to 1 agst Trick stressThis was suc h a ridiculousl y hollow unit. as s e are . ly to call fer a description, 5ut1i , ...0 it that Vivau diere and Trickstress made the running alternately to the road, and that Aphrodite had the rest of it to herself, winning by eight lengths, and the race was run in 3 min. 20 secs. Tho Doncaster Cup of 300 sovs,, for three yrs old, 7st; four, Bet 51b; five, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st 21b; EYEN.ING, mares and geldings allowed 31b; winners extra. Cup Course, alma two miles and a half. Sir J. Hawley's The Ban. 3 yrs, 7st (Arnold) 1 Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor, 3 yrs, 7st ...(Hiett) 2 Mr. Wrathet's Maid of Masham, Sat 131 b (G.Abdalc) 3 Mr. Walker's Mrs. Birch, 3 yrs, Gil 11lb (J. Osborne) 4 Mr. Morris's Vatican, 5 yrs, Set 121 b (J. Manson) 5 Mr. Heveltine's Lough Bawn, 3 yrs, 7at. .(Bashana) 6 Baron Rothschild's cby Charles XII , 7st. (Charlton) 7 Betting—Even on Maid of Masham, and 5 to 2 each agst The Ban and Black Doctor. Lough Dawn took the lead at starting, and at the stand was leading about twenty lengths, followed by Vatican, Mrs. Birch, and Maid of Masham, the Black Doctor, with The Ban last. They travelled in this order at a strong pace to the bill, when the running was taken up by Vatican, who went on with it, having the Maid of Masham and Mrs. Birch in his track to the bend. Maid of Madam then went in advance, waited on by The Black Doctor and The Ban, who caught her at the distance, and went in singled out to the end, The Ban winning easily by two lengths. Maid of Masham, who broke down, a bad third. Run in 4 min. 41 secs. On returning to scale, the trainer of The Black Doctor objected to the winner, on the ground that Sir Joseph Hawley ran two horses in the race (Vatican, who ran as Sir Joseph Hawley's property in the 701. plate, was stated to have been sold to Mr. Mor ris before this race was run, and ran in his colours). The ease had not been gone into when we left Doncaster. The Nursery Plate of 100 soya., for two yrs old. Last Mile. Mr. Stephen's Euphony, 6st llb (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Wright's Bird on the Wing, ist 131 b (Flstmau) 2 Lord Chesterfield's Jemima filly, 6st 61b (Charlton) 3 Mr. Meiklam's Evadne, 7st 101 b (Arnold) 0 Mr. R. Rogers's Merry Bird, 7st 91b ...(W Abdale) 0 Mr. Stebbings's Sir Charles Napier, 7st llb (Basharn) 0 Mr. Fryer's Captain Flash, 7 st 111 . (Ellett) 0 Mr. J. Osborne's Equal, 6st 81b (Osborne) 0 Mr. Whitting's Dame Tattle, Est 61b ........(Wells) 0 Mr. Hobson's Barbata, Est ...(Carroll) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Merry Bird, 3to 1 eget Bird on the Wing, 4 to 1 agst Equal, 5 to 1 agst Jemima filly, and 6 to 1 each agst Evadne and Sir Charles Napier. Equal, with Mary Bird and Evadne laid up, cut out the work to the distance, where the lot closed; half way up Euphony and Bird on the Wing went up, and singled themselves out, the former winning by a short length; Jemima filly a bad third. Run in 1 min. 43 sees. The Doncaster Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 100 added for three years old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; winners extra. The second to receive 50 soils. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 20 sus. towards ex penses. Last mile and a half. Sir J. Hawley's Aphrodite, Bst 81b (J. Marson) 1 Mr. R. E. Oliver's Ischia, Bst 31b..... (Flatman) 2 Mr. Powney's Lamartine, Bst 71b (A. Day) 3 Mr. R. E. Oliver's Sir Rowland Trenchard, Sat 71b... 4 Betting-4 to lon Aphrodite, who waited on Ischia to the bend, came on by herself, and won in a canter by six lengths. Run in 1 min. 45 secs. The Don Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for three years old, last mile. Sir J. Hawley's Tcddington, Bst 71b, walked over. Mr. Halford's The Prime Minister, Bst 71b, withdrew his stake. Match, 200, h ft. Fitzwilliam Coarse. Lord Glas gow's Nondescript received forfeit from Colonel Anson's Patent (dead). Owing to the want of public interest in the Cup, and the almost entire absence of spcculatian cn it unlit the night before the race, the attendance this afternoon was chiefly confined to parties stopping in the neighbenr hoed, and to visitors from the manufacturing districts ; few patronised the special train from town. and the aggregate, compared with the memorable Cup day of 1850, showed a falling off txt the extent of at least one third ; very few fashionables were present. The racing was excellent, and was rem.arkable for the success which attended Sir Joseph Hawbsy's colours, Aphrodite win ning the Park-hill and Doncaster Stakes in the com monest of canters, and the Ban the Cup ; Maid of Masham, who was looking well at the time, having broken down at the distance. The Cup race, it will be seen, remains in abeyance until the stewards shall have adjudicated on the objection against the winner. The meeting, on the whole, has been very successful, and it is gratifying to add, that the management in every de partment is entitled to the highest praise. Not less commendable were Mr. Seymour Clarke a arrangements at the railway station, the arrival and departure of the trains having been so regulated as to prevent the con fusion that prevailed last year, and the occurrence of an accident of any consequence. SAILING MATCH AT BLACKWALL. A very capital match amongst gentlemen's yachts, for a sweepstakes prize, took place on Thursday, the course being from Blackwell to Erith and back. The following started Yachts. Tons. Owners. Albatross Victory 6 G. Legg. Idus Adelaide Gnat 4 IL J. Smith. Ottelia 7 W. P. Matheson. Flying Dutchman 5 W. Law. Thera was a fine wholesale breeze from N.N.E., as much as the crafts could stand under. At the start the Idus was first to got to windward, followed by the Gnat and Adelaide, shortly alter which the latter gave place to the Ottelia. They reached Erith as follows : h. m. Idea Gnat Ottelis Adelaide Datchman The Victory and Albatross followed in two minutes each after. The Idua, a new and beautiful boat, built by Wallis, of I3lackwall, kept the lead all the way home. The Ottelia took the second place, but the time scale of half a minute per ton put her into the third position, the Gnat being next to the winner. They finished in the following order:— h. tn. see. Ides Gnat Ottelia Adelaide 1 25 0 A meeting was appointed for Tuesday evening, amongst the yacht owners, at the Orchard house, at Blackwall, for the purpose of forming a new sailing club. ENGLISH v. ARAB HORSES. About eighteen months ago, Abbas Pacha, Governor of Egypt, challenged the Jockey Club to run their Eng lish horses against the Arabs for a sum of from 5,000/. to 50,0001., optional to either party, allowing also a start of 300 yards to the English horses, the distance to be 10 miles. This challenge was not accepted by the Jockey Club, nor did they publish it, consequently the Viceroy concluded that they were afraid to meet him. In con sequence of the above challenge of the Governor of Egypt many parties may he anxious to know what an English thoroughbred horse can do amongst the Arabs. Au Hungarian officer, attached to the staff of General Guyon, writing from Damascus, iu Syria, says:—" Ge neral Guyon's English mare is thoromsh-bred, out of Ilindostan, by Lightfoot; she was brought from England in 1818, and is now 31- years old. We have often made excursions, and frequently come in contact with the Be douins, owners of the finest Arab horses. Frequently races have been got up, when the English mare has been successful. The Bedouins insist upon her being an Arab mare, though they are rather pussied at her bias., as she stands 16 hands 1 inch. From what I have seen of her performances, I think a well-trained English horse would brat any Arab whatever, and in any way. General G uyon's mare, when only a year and a half old, went through the campaign in Hungary in 1849, so she has been well worked, though, of course, not trained for racing." Thus, the Jockey Club may regret, in some degree, not having accepted the offer of Abbas Pacha, as since then he has imported several English horses into his country, which, though not of the best breeds, will no doubt answer his purpose for making a trial with bis own horses.—North British Daily LlJail. A RACING CHARACTER. Amongst the many odd vehicles which before the era of railways used to be seen at Doncaster during the race week, none attracted more attention than the unique get out of Mr. James Hurst, of Ravrcliffe, whose singular eccentricities made him " the observed of all observers." Ho was a very regular attendant at the Doncaster Races, and was for many year; one of the chief notabilities of the meeting. He avowed great hostility to all Govern ment measures as far as regarded the levying of imposts, and by every ingenious method which he could devise avoided the payment of direct and indirect taxes. He had a kind of drag constructed with four light wheels of equal size, of very rude workmanship. The body of the vehicle was composed of hazel sticks platted and secured by a cord; it had a head about the height of phaeton, which was covered with common check bed furniture. He had a curtain of similar materials, which shaded his face from the sun. His man servant used to sit on the bottom of the carriage, which was drawn by one horse. He wore a lambskin coat and hat, and a pair of plaid trousers. His shoes were of a very curious workman ship, the soles being made of cork, an inch thick, and shed with iron. At one time, is order to avoid paying the taxes upon horses, he drove two mules, and was accasioually accompanied by a wolf, secured under the carriage by a chain. At other times ho was attended by a fox. He also possessed a learned pig, which he had taught to find game, and stand whilst he shot. In these sporting excursions he was accompanied by a boy, on a mastiff dog, carrying a game bag. For several seasons he hunted with the Badsworth hounds, riding a bull, which rho had taught to carry him. For many years he bad a coffin in his house, which was fitted up and used as a cupboard, and in which he was interred at his death, according to his desire.—Doncaster Chronicle. ST. JAMES'S POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, ST. MARTIN'S-LANE.—Yesterday evening Mr. Thomas Ince, the treasurer of this society, read a paper on " The Characteris tics of the German Language." In the dissuasion which ensued some very interesting facts were elicited as to the connexion of one language with another, and their relations to each other; and which proved that the literary attain ments of the members were of no common order. This so ciety has been in existence only a short time—we wish it had been longer, for it is based on the mutual improvement principle ; and having for its president a gentleman of vast research on most of the philosophical topics which come under the head of general literature, we are convinced that their Friday evening meetings, should they fail to be very amusing, will, at all events, be highly instructive. - - THU FRUIT CROPS.—The crops of wall fruit have generally failed this season, it is supposed from the early blossom being exposed to blight. Mr. Ewing, of Bodorgan, has for some time had under contemplation the introduction of glass walls, by which this inconvenience may hereafter be saved. Glass being so cheap, and our climate so uncer tain, there can be little doubt that the project will be exten sivelY encouraged.—North Intles Chronicle. SE. T E BEI 2O, 1651. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The fleet of Admiral Sir William Paiker, Bart,. tG.C.B., consisting of the Queen, 116, flag-ship ; .Albion, 90, Captain Joh ns t one ; G anges , 84, Captain E. Smith, C. 8.; Superb, 80, Captain Purcell ; lode fatigable, 50, Captain Smart, ICH. ; Terrible, 21, steam-frigate, Captain Hope, C. 8.; Firebrand, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Codd ; Spiteful, 6, steam sloop, Commander Parker ; and Scourge, 6, steam sloop, Commander Lord F. Kerr, were at Pula, llinorca, on the 10th, and were about to sail for Barcelona, where the fleet will remain for a short time. Rear-Admiral Austin, C. 8., the Commander-in- Chief of the East Indies in the flag-ship Hastin g g 74, Captain Hastings, left Trincomalee, Au gust 7 , for Penang, where a court-martial is to be assembled for the trial of Commander Cracroft and his officers for the loss of the screw-sloop Reynard on the Pratos Shoal. There will be congregated the Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert ; who will be president; Captain Austin, Captain Barker, of the Amazon, '26 ; Com mander Shadwell, of the Sphynx, steam-sloop; and Commander Luard, cf the Serpent, 12. The Fox arrived at Madras on the 12th August from Pondi cherry ; the Serpent arrived at Madras on the Bth August from Trincomalee. The Sphynx arrived at Penang on the Ist August, and proceeded to Hong , Kong for Commander Cracroft and the officers and crew of the late Reynard. Captain E. M. Lyon's appointment to study steam at Woolwich has been cancelled. Mr. Ganzelier's appointment as master to the Gre cian, 12, at Devonport, has been cancelled. Chaplain—The Rev. T. J. Main has taken up his commission re-appointing him to the Excellent. Mates—Edward Field and E. H. Howard have been appointed to the Excellent. Naval Cadets—Francis M. Ommanney, to the Im pregnable flag-ship, at Devonport ; Frederick Am herst, to the Bellerophon, 7S, Portsmouth. THE RELIEF OF THE WILSD-BOUND.—Avon (steam tender), and Nautilus (apprentices' tender), of Da vonport, with Rolla (Portsmouth apprentices' tender), have sailed for the chops of the Channel, with water and provisions, to relieve the merchantmen detained by the prevalence of the easterly winds. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—There was a slant of wind this morning from the north-west, and between six and eight o'clock 70 or 80 vessels passed through Spithead for the eastward, that have been lying wind bound in Stokes Bay and Southampton waters for the last week or for:night. It was only a tem p orary change of wind, for at ten o'clock it a ga i n iaakti round to the north-east. Tyne steam-ship, Master-Commander Willington, is receiving a supply of water at Port*mouth, to carry her round to Deptford, where she will land h(r old stores. Vulcan, screw troop-ship, Master Commander Penn, has had her new channels completed, and is set ting up her lower rigging at Portsmouth. She is re ceiving: the third coating of Mr. Buchan's com position, and will be hastened for service. She will probably come out of dock on Tuesday next, and shortly afterwards proceed to Cork, where she will embark the 431 R?giment, and about 100 men of the Ist battalion of the 12th for the Cape. She will be randy by the 2d of October. Ilerculer , , store-ship, is being refitted in her rigging by the riggers of Portsmouth yard, and is alongside the Pitch-house jetty, having her decks and top sides caulked. yr The Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate, Captain Halsted, is complete in her refit, and will haul off from the jetty to-morrow to receive her crew, and on Monday will proceed to Spithead to try her machinery. The Devon naval lighter proceeded to Plymouth today with dockyard stores. The Defence convict-ship remains at St. Helen's windbound. The Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, sailed from Trincomalee, for Pondicherry and Madras, on the 9th ultimo. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 19.—The Myrtle came up the river yesterday from Sheerness, with a crew to navi gate the Cuckoo steam-vessel to that port, where she will remain ready for commission. The Violet, Dover mail steam-packet, Lieutenant- Commander Jones, has returned to Dover to reassume her duties on that station, after undergoing repairs, which occupied about three weeks, to make good in juries sustained at the entrance of Dover harbour. THE LOSS OF THE PASHA STEAMER. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. In the accounts published of the loss of this vessel, reference has been made to the probability of the Erin being desirous of " speaking with the Pasha," and that, in the end, this desire to communicate might prove in a great measure to have contributed to the calamity. SubsEquent inquiries tend to show that the information is somewhat doubtful. Mr. Miller, the commander of the Pasha, only joined her at Hong- Kong, and on the day of her leaving Singap ore h e continued on deck from sunset up to the period of the collision. The course the vessel took, and the varia tion of the compass, we have already noticed. From the distance steamed, and an indifferent sight of Mount Formosa, the captain evinced some anxiety as to his position with respect to a bank or shoal which was laid down in Ilorsburgh's chart, and was said to be dangerous to approach. Among the traders of the Straits it was known to have twelve feet of water upon it at its shoalest part of low tide. About this period some lightning over the Mount gave him a glimpse of it, and almost immediately afterwards the light of the Erin was observed, but which at the time was thought to be on shore, or on some vessel close inland. Considering himself much closer to the shore than he really was—and the light of the Erin at this particular juncture is said to have been dropped for a short time in order to be trimmed—the helm was ordered to be put astarboard, and the Pasha's course shaped \V. by N., and after wardslW., so as to run out more towards the middle of the channel. The light in the distance was again seen, with a red one on the port side, and a blue light being fired on board the Pasha, it was ascertained that they were signals of the steamer. We may here allude to the regulations laid down by the Brethren of the Trinity-house, in accordance with the dircc. Lions issued by the Lords of the Admiralty, to the effect that, when any steam-vessels are proceeding in an opposite direction, and there is a proba bility of their coming in collision, each vessel shall put her helm aport, so as always to pass on the lar board side of each other. We have before men- tioned that the Pasha bad her wheel put astarboard, and which, it seems, was continued after the Erin had been observed, and indeed up to the moment apparently of the occurrence. It is stated that the helm was so kept, in the hope that the Pasha would not only keep oat of the way of the shoal, but give a clear berth to the approaching steamer. It was anticipated that the captain of the Erin would perceive the peculiarity of • their position and movement, and steering S.E. by E., as it is alleged, have passed astern of the Pasha. The Erin appears not to have understood what was intended by those on board the Pasha, for in addition to the starboard course being at variance with the Trinity regulation, there did not to them seem any immediate danger that would render the helm being put up in that direction, for the shoal which was Judged to be near by was some four or five miles distant. From the moment of the Pasha's lights be ing distinguished the helm of the Erin was put sport, and both vessels bing so steered, it will be noticed that they must have been making almost for each other. The Erin kept her helm aport, and apparently did everything to get clear of the Pasha, whose wheel, kept still aa.tarboard, led to an impression that the wanted to sped: with the Erie, but which, as previously mentioned, was to let her pass astern. Why the Pasha was allowed to continue her direction when it was seen that the Erin was pursuing her proper course remains yet to be ex plained. They went on towards the middle of the ehanncl, and seem to have approached each other on two curves. Their hulls were not visible until they were close upon each other, and they came in contact, as before detailed. An investigation into the circumstances of the catastrophe has been commenced by the authorities of Singapore. Captain Barker, of her Mrjesty's ship Amazon, and the master-attendant have rissisted at the inquiry, which had not closed at the period of the mail being dispatched. The directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have received from their super intendent or manager, at Singapore, a report ut the disastrous loss, which they consider it prudent to abstain from making public until the result of the above proceedings are known. We may here mention that the directors have already determined upon send ing out another of their fine fleet in the room of the Pacha. The wreck lies in 25 fathoms of water, and by the next mail we may probably hear of an attempt being made to get up some portion of the valuable cargo. As may be known, the divers on the Malacca coast are very expert, and we doubt not that they will suc ceed in recovering some of the valuable treasure which formed part of her freight. It consisted, from China to Calcutta, of 42 boxes of gold, 45 boxes of dollars, 6 boxes of sycee, 1 case of diamond rings, 1 case of silver ware, 21 pieces of silk goods, 126 chests of green tea, 92 boxes of vermillion,l3 boxes of Prus sian blue, 1 case of velvets, 46 packages of sundry merchandize, for Penang, from China, 1 box of dollars and package of tea. Some of the cargo was insured, but the vessel was not, the company maintaining a reserve fund, and not insuring their fleet. The value of the cargo alone is estimated at nearly 600,000 dollars. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS IN SOUTH WALES. The existing postal arrangements in some parts of South Wales are a source of much discontent and in convenience, and the inhabitants are endeavouring to induce the Post•office authorities to remedy the evil, and effect changes that will aid the business pursuits of the inhabitants. The following are a few of the instances in which great delay results from the wretchedness of the present system:—From Swansea to Herwain and Aberdare the distance is about twenty-six miles, yet, notwithstanding ,this short journey, letters posted at Swansea before breakfast time are not delivered at either of these places till next day, more than twenty four hours being occupied in traversing twenty-six miles. The town of Neath, which is some eight miles nearer than Swansea, is also similarly situated. The commu nication in the Vale of Neath is even worse, and so de fective and inefficient is it that when extra dispatch is required special messengers are used, the post not being equal to the task of delivering a letter a few miles off on the same day as posted. A communication from Neath to the Lamb and Flag, ten miles, wends its way through Cardiff and takes nearly a day and a hell to go an 'lolled journey! The labour-emple)ing districts of Aberdare are under worse disadvantages with respect to the coast, as letters from Herwain lie twenty-four hours at Aber dare, and are two days reaching Cardiff, only twenty three miles. It is affirmed that the present contracts have been entered into for the period of twelve months, and that consequently for such space the districts will be denied the advuntage of rapid transit resulting from the opening of the Vale of Neath line, when they would be brought within an hour's journey. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 19.—The Lady Franklin, com manded by Captain Penny, arrived at Woolwich yes terday afternoon, and was brought up at moorings, alongside the Salsette, receiving ship, opposite the dockyard; and the Sophia, her sister vessel, is daily expected at this port. The Lady Franklin has come home safe and sound, and in excellent condition, and remarkably clean, and with as healthy and robust a crew as ever sailed in any region, and without a single complaint amongst the men on board, if it is excepted that they say they cannot now eat so much meat as they used to do of fat pork and other rich edibles—their appetites having greatly abated since they left the Orkneys for Woolwich. The Danish interpreter has returned with them, and appears a very decent and passably intelligent person, and ex presses his belief that the discovery ships, Erebus and Terror, are still safe. On going on board the Lady Franklin this morn ing, the first objects of attraction were five remark ably fine Esquimaux dogs, brought home by Captain Penny, all reposing or moving about on the decks, as in this climate it would be prejudicial to the health of these animals to allow them to go below. The crew of the Lady Franklin appear a fine and generally intelligent body of men, and zealously at tached to Captain Penny. In the course of conver sation with some of them, they all expressed their decided belief that the Esquimaux had never visited the spot where the three graves of the sergeant of the Royal Marines, and the two men of the Erebus and Terror had been found, and it is therefore ob vious that, in that case, they could not have re moved any documents left by Sir John Franklin at that place. At the departure of Sir John Franklin and the Erebus and Terror for the Arctic regions, 600 tin cases, hermetically sealed, with instructions in six different languages, were furnished to the expedition, to be thrown overboard, or left at any place on land at which they might touch. It is almost certain, therefore, that Sir John Franklin left sealed docu ments at the same spot where the three graves were found ; and vs it is now satisfactorily stated that the documents could not have been removed by the Esquimadx, the great probability, and almost cer tainty, i 4, thlt they were found and removed by some enterprising whaler or other vessel, tempted to search that high latitude by the Admiralty offer of 20,0001. for the discovery of the missing vessels and for assisting them. It would have been contrary to hu man nature, where a prize of 20,0001. was in view, to expect the finders of the documents near the three graves would leave any traces of documents to en courage others to follow in the same track, as they might have been the first to discover the missing officers and crews, and afford them the relief that would entitle them to the prize and honour of aiding their fellow-creatures so long absent from this country. The present season is described as being remarkably open in the Arctic regions, and hope may yet be en tertained that the Erebus and Terror may make their appearance. The Danish interpreter of the Lady Franklin, in describing the piece of wood found up Wellington Channel, says it was of elm, and had been painted, and, to use a homely expression, he said it must have been "chucked" on shore by a passing vessel, asit was found above the high es t water - mar k. The crow's-nest is still up in the Lady Franklin, where the persevering Captain Penny has spent sometimes as many as ten hours in a day searching with his telescope for the missing ship s . The vessel was to be taken alongside the wharf at the basin to day, to have the remaining provisions put on board a lighter and taken to Deptford. - THE LATE CATASTROPHE ON THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY. BICESTER, FRIDAY ETENING.--The sufferers from the late railway catastrophe aro all somewhat better, but Mrs. Collis, Mrs. Terry, and Mr. Nevill are not yet out of danger. Directors and officers of the company visit the sufferers daily, and orders are given that all is to be supplied that is necessary, and that every attention be paid them. Mrs. Moore, the wife of the gentleman who acted as foreman at the inquest, and other ladies of Bicester, are diligent in kind offices towards the inj ure d. They have this week been seen by Messrs. Acland, Hester, and Allen, m edical gentlemen of Oxford, as well as by Messrs. Woodward and Dawson, the resident me dical practitioners. There is now a much more careful mode of driving than before the disaster, and it is evi dent that pas sengers are less exposed t o d anger . It i s a grat if y i n g fact that all the patients can now get up, with the exception of Mr. Sheldon and Mr. Nevill. Work men are still employed in making good the injuries done to the station approaches by the crash of the engine and carriages, and in a few days the station will present its wonted appearances. From Singapore accounts have been received to the Ist of August. Produce continued in good demand, and there had been considerable activity in imports, especially in cotton manufactures and twist. There were no later dates from Labuan. The commercial accounts by the Overland mail are not on the whole regarded as unfavourable, the sales of ma nufactured goods having been large, although at lower prices in China, and at scarcely any improvement in the Indian markets. The accounts from the continental cities state that the exchanges are everywhere becoming more favourable for this country. Should the advance continue, arrivals of gold ma y be expected. A small amount was received to-day from Holland. Silt W. P. WOOD.—A communication has been received from the Solicitor-General, by W. Brunner, lan,, hi s agent, stating that he has determined not to accept the appointment of ice-Chancellor, preferring to retain lam connexion with the city of Oxford.—Banbury Guardian. EXTRAORDIA ARY DEATH. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Saand Union Workhouse on the boiy of a young woman named Rebecca Freeman, whose death took place under very peculiar circumstances. It appe are d from the evidence that a party from Cirencester came to town on Wednesday last, to see the Exhibition, amongst whom were the deceased and a young man named Rich ards, who was paying his addresses to her. Oo arriving in Loudon deceased and her lover left the rest of the party, and after wandering about some time to see the sights of the tow n , went to a public-house in Bow-street, where Richards asked for a bed for the two. From the respectability of their appearance, the landlord supposed them to be man and wife; and as no other room was at liberty, he gave them a double-bedded room. The next morning the young man came down stairs, and said that the young woman had been very ill all night, when the landlady went uP to her bed-room, b u t soon a f ter came d own , and said, "She ' s fast asleep, and it would bo a pity to disturb her." Towards the close of the day abe got worse, and a medical man was sent for. The evi dence was rather contradictory, inasmuch as the young man (Richards), who admitted that he slept in the same room with deceased, denied that he had slept in the same bed, whilst the landlord and landlady of the house (the Marquis of Anglesey), swore that a single bed was asked for, and it was quite by accident they were put into a double-bedded room, and that one of the beds had not been slept in when she went to look at the deceased next morning. A portion of the surgeon's (Mr. Ed wards) testimony is not fit for publication; but be stated that the deceased died from exhaustion, which might have been caused by various circumstances. The jury returned a verdict of " Natural Death," with which the Coroner stated himself to be anything but satisfied. 4 TROOPS FOR THE CAPE.—It is stated that four regiments from the Irish and English establishment will shortly leave for the Cape of Good Hope—the Royals, 40th, and 43d, from Ireland; and the 85th Light Infantry, f rom England, besides artillery. No orders are, however, issues' for their embarkation, nor is it likely until the arrival out of the 2d, or Queen's, 60th Rifles, and 12th Lancers, is known at the Horse Guards. The 12th, from the Mauritius, and the 18th, from India, are supposed to have arrived at the Cape ere this.—Limerick Chronicle. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN THE CITY.--Yesterday (Friday) morning, shortly before eleven o'clock, a melan choly accident occurred in the City to Mr. Francis Field, aged 61 years, a cashier in the Bank of England. It appears that the unfortunate gentleman was on the way to the Bank, and while in the act of crossing Princes -street, towards Threadneedle -street, was knocked down by the horses at tached waggon, and before the driver heavily-laden near wheels passed over his right could ato to p a thehea leg, and afterwards across the loins. Several of the foot pas sengers who witnessed the accident ran to him and raised Trim up, but he was found to be quite insensible, and most fearfully injured. A police-constable immediately procured a cab, anti the injured gentleman was conveyed to the acci dent ward of St. Thomas's llospttal, where the house-surgeon had him at once attended to, and placed in bed, but the case was of such a complicated and dangerous nature that it was deemed necessary to send for Mr. M'lNlurdo, the senior sur geon to the insti union, who, upon examination, ascertained that the unfortunate sufferer had sustained a compound fracture of the right leg, and severe external contusions. Two ribs were fracture& and there was . no d n oubt it tf s om pr h e. symptoms that be had received ext a er n i i v n e e , d o s 'clock t • he was sumed,entertained of his re- Me and no hopes were quite insensible, fatal injury. Last night, recovery. MArisroN;rtsaErt.7ofYtehsetecirtdizseyns the of o o n r d d o I M , a a t y a d r inn e e n r: Covers were laid small for f orty in the long parlour, and the com pany sat down to a sump tuous re p ast, at which the Lady • 'Mayoress, as well Several Other ladies, was prevent. '..4