The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-21 00:00:00

• ----- ',' OIIIi. Au-GusT MEETING. i' , , 4() THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. tif lik- ' ll lie approach.ing nit cling at York bids fa i r to . 41 tt o • ti , d ; racing c ommunity three days' excellent sport, 4,,;,, ° ' -ii d the wt.other prove favourable, I h , ba ., v e t e s e no . koll ' r yas' ! numbers will avail themsels es of t . t• -. , 'E a tlipt,ll offoted by the Great Northern Railway ,or 4 0 us , st fa-fareed city. (iiv eti Z t are nine, races On the list fir the first day hen ~, 6 3), s , me of which have yet to close. The 6, `° ets calls for attention 14 the sm;re X" 'e tch -14._ 3 , 4 Mach int:blues the name of the Flying Du il l 't hot do net laecy fora moment that he will put 1,4: It'll earance, the stoke being too small to tempt trio ()„• elva iiiq home; from the other three, viz., '' 1 4 + , T. • ,i'ci T i former as the l'4 -JI 'an, ~astonettc, s. select the oh e '-e-• toa t i nat l4 Ili ihire Oaks (one mile and a quarter) e bo t s ne 4 n 9 talf It 7 Is, but Ido not anticipate seeing more then will Kee t 4 1:1 at the post. I fancy Achyrantne 1,4 b e. ' inner. t ivnli t ' o r v l alive Sweepstakes of 100 SWF. each looks like T he ~,, r•t• for the liaian. Ito 4- " c .nee of Wales' Stake contains an entry of 49 • "Not J P- clin g tt em s everal have slrcady proved winners,suobf 'dON v ,Oves tO a perialty of 21b. I fancy a field e kiiii N 'ill sho for this interesting event; the entry t leitt,,b, the nowines of some leading favourites for ae l'ittii. I'').,ria-, Storm, England's Glory, adt!ti •,i-epotted to be a flyer, but I fancy be on Lightfoot, beeri not . b'euirsai t'-'_')gist.d's Glary has been sneees t I lit occasions, and as it is doubtful if t ,,Tti,,,. i!,,('''hk.t I,must award him this race. fur William Citadel Rill see, wr zt. Leger looks like a certainty I ~_ ad It 7 tem, t °l it '--" Thursday has several races, but -ft_ . 4 0 ' cots the week, th li t „, r Fla • . t eto t he greet event of tell it liu ' e all, for whim ninety-two horses . were ill'it, : 4 1 PPed . , put • of which sixty-threehanpdalcciapper. 14:veHl4leillt°r1 c°ruP"rne" to t f h e e ld, selected from )6,1 inow;_,. a ntler Ate an average 41 ‘1 4 4 af ,ineg---Canoriu, Coiling w"Leicet, i Cockermouth, liti l j ) Lind, '1, 4 ' 13 V alley. Inhei itress, s 1 ark Tapley, ~ It „ ' -the Jugeler, Clothworker, a ios, Y, k,alittb, 4, ) , Alildew, ' and The Abbess colt. Po ,_ re .. - % It pli.otais the name ,_,(ft;cader-iu, but I do not fanc) e ' s u e t- n r t ) ,: l ii 1, 4 , th4b_the Goodwood Cup justifies her W I , 110„,'" the market. she won, it is true, but would l ' i lisch - Rr‘ . z ile il so It . Cariboo had persevered? GT to do with the 44Pi3lhir)gb,t` k lt. 4t'd 41th° le4st,rwmitihilltPlige v :x h e at n e t v iun a of na C e o ng ss r o e ck lo ( t wh n o . a .., / , a ,.., h', with they were s ii t tts / dou%t. deCline taking Cam z - i . O on r i n ie r r e m o e f r t i n ts e , i t !'" , e elit u ,her being the real "S imon Pure" character in Ill;I, oat ha ~ngirood is always a susp i ciou s I think 1 di v Ilwe P, but under any circumstances nu,. e ?Thi°l4e, is tco far fur ' him. Inheritress came foar i 'ld l e i in I n'r okl form twain last week, 311 l'i* 1. 6 advanced in years to quite ,k t . -ei t i ck a !ttle too far .but I ilt;cili:,':l,tici. vkitt°,4l.'itethisheorcilealsvi.oni 3 - s e n t o , n il d l . c r o io n t ld d b e e s l t, i ,i e t ve b t e li r e . ` 11 ," 1 :1t, vi."t starts, will he forward, but he certainly . I"iiAf''` 'sell 4la . - *ght to horses tf s hib yea • 'lte l 'i 1 011 : , s --in P `'t wel, - • 1.- had a gr"" l it i for t i t : a Clothacrker—l certain lda slB se,with his original we' weight of sst. 10lb., 1 ; Iti!,kit'ilnctli think they can have improved s his chance weight C W it 6ss l l' hits about, as they did last week; t?" 04 4, , ?ib. I hove no confidence is Mark . Tapley. ,l.., iti l hl l 't N l ' Ileen backed fora mint of money ;:his P - 1.0 .-Y ve t d i 144 et,pi:'+'l'3' sweet, but he must be vastly It 1111 46‘'' el. r unning to win this race; 114 (Ict line 1 ' it thereore it viould but the stable 1/44914 1 , ti e to L t an 4 I know mean , . ~„,n , l , have a 01 ! l' a nold C'antAb too cheap. .E , c 1 To I 11.2 ix ti ., te Y far, a better looking horse I never saw, 14.1.'4'' r " Iltell ent goer, When he came in alun n e i a te t ~t4iltlAlttl.a';',llk. k.pos.rticuliir notice of him, and I was q Itti'4e jiltili a ;.9, nig a race-bursc. It fitnsionrdmea,.t, Handicap.l dbe xii 1 1l be near winning the . E ki14`.64.14,„cu1t hires a very excellent private char:etc . r e , 014" Joi; a "' s ilire to be a good horse. Some ' state n of 'lll)44t_it. Sea to Ott the day, bat from the don N i i° '". 1 , 'as not appear he will be wallte innp i r I'li:ttit d ° ' u rn Up, I select Elcho llliii,„3l'atsh on by Clothworker, Cant a a s b, th a e nd w lnhe-: • 111 - very e °ll 'd• The Abbess Colt be meant I expect to " Che•lt‘litviard. % ' t '• 44-11„Iffeld tionclicap one mile, has 15 nomit i i n a: Iktiott,•4„—/-11 considered a ' certainty by the kno t ! e . r t, tth:RtNt,,`'4'l, !lie have cite-axed the lists _ab n oli u h riel. , t lty is IT.bee her succumb to Collingw ood d a rt The Il kket lC kirk , 1 3' to afford a good day's 4i t t - 1 1) 6 , 4 re Stakes has an entry of 163, s b p u o t ido not IPr i ll h'kere than li lf-a-dort-in contest the prize. he t itt l '' re 4.' 41 '4i h a ' everything out of the 14,1;1 g tened nearly to see Cap tiellt ioellve the race to him, expecting dance. thl °1)413 ' 4le g L6 dance very close in titten Iti bt..ltakea f two - ears old, has 32 entries, .. R > 7 si ck .., or 3 to / t ;mot; out of Urg - anda, , ...`"-altl, Sir, yours, B‘c*, looking most like kv 4l 'ec ECLIPSE. ttPiktstreAP°ndent's letter was mislaid, or it would '' earlier. --ED. Sun.] 4.0, 11 0 1 / 1- IN TEL L . IGE_ 'K AUGUST MEL TING N CE. . v:VItIt %At I. N Y I Ci I I t t I K E , S. TUESDAY EVENING. tl „ , lt Two miles.— alyta tth :-••••The Q , seen'a Plate. o f Team iZtikilllt! 14,...".Yr5--Rad ill phus, aged—Maid_,7 Plume, 5 yrs z yetitts.' Ci4reiaanydrasiUstsi. n i , . 1 4 y 4 r 6 ,. — te E a 1 " ' liaroness, 4 yrs— 'ha W 1 4 1 1:: . :-Prier of Lanercost, 3 yrs—The Sweep, hatOt 4 44:' 4 yr s , aged—Loo, by y,, 1 , 0 40, a St akes.—liadolphus, age )i , thi r&----Collingwoud, h ilth t kab Ay aged—Lady Eden, (4„ 4 (s(7 . l, ‘ Slatiph o l :he Lottery Plate. • Optional Selling (i eq ., .i... 4 ~etigh, 3 yrs ,- • (500 —Mary Nobbler, ( 101 Pre k atlns t yrs (501.)—Gulliver, 5 11.41v.)'‘Witileehti. 514: 4 3 4 3 . r , (500—Gladtule, 3yr \441441, craft d .L, )INv h ....4_ ~ yrs 00 i . • ,„Aldet_ ‘Lneen's Plate for mares. Three_ miles. ___ 4,,t_tteill Ai; a Yra-- -Sister to the , Swallow, r _ l r ' 2. __ ‘ '''ili a 'llsy ;--"Litroness 4 yrs—Polonaise, 4 yrs—St. 'kV 4 y; 3 Yras-1400. ' 3 yrs—Priesteis, 4 y r 3 Orts e 't ,h l A t i 4l 4 3 C - 2 ~k 4i d of Masham, 5 yrs—Glachole, Y ( 1 ,,, a bl e -.... y rs ' 4( 4) gt lif •PI haie. Optional Selling t'sli‘s4ll'fl''ll-'lltherough 3 vrE-141ary Nobbler, age weights. Mile 5 yrs (l kiltr‘i P i4 , - 4 428i411, 4 y - rs ' (sol.)—Eagle's Plame ( , 3oo_ 1 , 4 4 1 t1iy 4 , 1 j0e, aYr4 (50 0—French SuaY, 3 yrs v.r tii . , 3,,, Y , l's ( 80 0-01(1 Claret, 3 yrs (500— ti1tt,,,e5..,Tt(1,:01.)-- witchcraft, 3 yr s(sol.l httitte,atit„bs s..bazon, Nicotitina, Cuba, b The Cloth ,;tt%t' ' de n , ,1•• Ann, Mildew, b c Emelius, or thA pt den, .9 Actmon 2 yrs; b c by Bay Middle eNil 41 4444 , 3 yrs: Pilgrim, Life Guardsman, li RlPtoNilz..l.3,', Torn Flo ' ltb William the Conqueror s , 1 1 4 , /t +Bl ll ihi -m Pg ef ( Jude Captain Grant, Entre Neu . (N i l 4% 4 4% 4 4' 41 1 Y Speedy, Prior of Lsnercbst, .Har i : ki,',bk6 h ' . ' 'clY Ed • Achyranthis, Gladione 14443 ' ' 'll' b Queen Bee, Ra -114 riett4te Azqh, , S , carboroug , 110 Q tt th ~,r, Irriel, Holthorpe, Baroness, Witch tulit ,lii• e, : kite‘t, Meridian, Tiff, Cockermouth, Vit'tl44,-,,,weP, Andalusian, Sister to Swallow, . rtdaTostii; '3obbler, Alaidc,f Tam Valley, Dauphin, tlit,t (-, 3):' Mark Tapley , Priestess, Brother to "li%t Italian)ehttail French Polonaise, Raby, , ' Susy, LATE , Leo, Etch°, Chatterer, Pitsford, &c. 'QS? , (4 L ETTING AT YORK. , LL 9 ECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 9 4to Llton, I.IANDICAP. 7 . t gSt Cant a b to , . 7 z agst C ollingwood 1 to 1 eg u t E leho 4 1,, k) tO 1 agst M ark Tapley 1 14 to agst Cl ot h worker I 17 to . a gst Cock ermout h )1,. • I Nat Reality Ai l r‘,,„ I, llt ell ow A `-'4NISI-ILT—A UGUS T. 11 '14 1. tlite,4;'..ll4list crowned with blushing fruits— A n ° poitd 4Pricot--the damson's gloom— 'Pt: tete:"3l) heed-full —while the mushroom shoots, l ki D 4t ri 4 1 :t t glitter through the harvest's bloom. G hr._ gaat, that with gipsy grace, i tilei l t 4 ~ ,141 . 1 1 44 4. , and with wanton face, 441 1 ) re b th , 41 ; 0 1a o : ,Y. Aye, follow old and young, u )ie 'in t a • an d hear her charmed tongue floL 4,61 ilaUttie r em the morning 0,,, 1 11tta „, 'oar, when ruddy sunbeams r011,,,,44ti ,,,,44ti W141;484 Where the harebells play, 4Attikrest.t°llrld flies, like some enfranchised soul, 4tVret:l4---or seek her list'ning where /‘,, teltl tiaa cloud the glowing air. E. E. M. K. - Nit t sit. 4 `lira "4' Ga ---------- was the tati,„ral I,!at Dit,?TrtiD E .—M r. G. Walker . n. Nil; 41q,_troa„tte attention to the evils arising from lc -1,4tv,-I,ktiot*, qti,„,` 4 ,. ne spent several years in the inves i N,,,itti,,°tel4,l""°n, and large sums of money in the ac- Z Cllkt,l4 411hee• Mostly owing to his exertions, t h e •• , es ite tt ly il has been passed. Appointments have poor ite,,aove iii.,l:lo,:d.er that measure, but , no , t tn o 11 % 4 , r ,eatt%stence is ignored by_GON e led m g ne ent. Ser ment, are I t Zat 10 4 e it 4 41 1 6 4 , t i t drif t o some high_a%k WW 'e think that t ,', 44 14 t 1 ,1 1,1,?!', 401,,lIngratfnlltnelnat ro t i . i. France and other n `llcil, alictil r e - "rd3• in rewarding their benefactors. Air. t t ,t4 Oiler% %yeti nothing but the "cold shoulder" s t4 t 4 lPle t c :, (li le'ir several ye a rs. Mr. NC4t. - . 11 1(1 b",:ntylat vin want .., and 'numerous othef Waghorn was N I) A l'rl l i ' cited i n f o f the little encou h. 4,„ a t t ,_, ti.th,.., proo . 011) 1 , wi l et w e "'. e.untry to men of science and enter -t" tec 'leve r Ptove our gratitude in the the 114 Yot,o'Pient fa; Prince of the royal blood is to be a _ most liberal ! i vit t ile Li k bi lke u ' o i t , We do not begrudge 12,000/c.lsaiyme, i sr tf , 4, 4 0 .4 , 4 ° 11 1i ri of ii-191nbridge, whose only public I lle t , t I N Wh ose 3 !ather, but we have not a farthing to 4 tli• l'er ~'al g,,„ chums are based upon the strong ground * In k t 4 t 4 —d . It i ,,,, I Mr Walker had not been ),414tliiihi'r dov e fat i s a 1t ; I '• a e d of receiving k ti l ,,"q 111, '"g m in — ...Y; for then, instead 41 14 e ll 'at tl 11) ,Onoi tt hing, he would have , come in for ii4 cA trg:lN ct 0 -- i-",‘ for doing nothin g g e . ofmetnho future, i , , s. ~ r% ,hiorovernment patrons—nt I) )* A ^ 4( qi . v erY Politely exclaim, •' t tf aft b a-,e . %e A ~,, , . l4p li t r o lio wi m:all,,o;uaDa, audor and suite, accompanied h 1 114 7 ' 14 P o l k ,nd ames, left this country yester tii ~ 4 , 11 row t, .tene, Boulogne, and Paris, on their ip h _ 4l .tt l i c .,llo ti , sli. eu tilltry. t i, t , t7ll ,, t ,,ta t Fs a i,, itl ßti ' l lt tlhAt. "%sits.— By an Act passed •p -,, c e -‘,ora oetretary fS-t is empowered to h i; tct, of 4t of c oal . 0 .a e ' ll t' 41 el ht • l ' fi lnes, and it is to he hoped that a 4kl is t t ? l ' eolli be ti. 4 w 'll ot e prevented. The duty of an ,741 0 ' i nle t 1 , -t rY, am '',,;-", in et,and examine any, coal '4llrl,lle 9 s'Y day ," worli;Pal t k k l i tor % ,". 4 the 4,,,11ight, as al'-o( 4 4 ' s 4, -4,1r1q Lek tVe ~' '' ' IL u be afforded to IS 'lt b, Il t or ' 54 is ta I t in , ac, ol n i e reinto the venti r3, I.:Way is to who is Nit, i toe 41.14oager le l!ppoioted to the office . to Itetkl%t' b e N e , s ee . , :Noic e of accidents in mines is . n . 044, 4 la ~t;,,iveu to I. .arY, and previous notice of_ I ,in I t i i z ohg rti !s w ' e Home Secretary ot deaths i t 7 er it tto t ~,._, - tin ~i i _ n ara or agents of mines, or 0 1, '"eektlng tiSrlaector, may be lined not less t h an • l'he Act does not extend to TIIE SUN LITERATURE. LON DON, THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL- PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. 2 Vols. On first taking up these volumee, and casually turning over the pages, on one of which, gracefully surrounded by birds and flowers, we read—" to the prettiest brown e 3 es in the world and a heart thii little work is dedicated ;" and in another, towards the close of the second volume, in the "Future" chaetr, we find a record of that terrific deluge in England (in the year 1880) which destroyed so many thousands of persons, and depopulated so many towns and villages in the midland counties—we are disposed, and not without reason, to regard "Past, Present, and Future" as a somewhat eccen tric, nod maybe ridiculous, composition. Let the reader, hoa ever, pause before pronouncing such a con demnation. If he have patience to pursue his investigations a little further he will find in the chap ters entitled " Present " so much of interesting and valuable matter, written with so much earnestness and eloquence, as will induce him to look leniently upon the extraordinary nature of the concluding pages, even upon the mention of that calamity which marked " the closing years of good Queen Victoria's reign." For what reason such an incident is intro duced we are totally unable to conjecture. We therefore very willingly turn from that portion of the work, which, in, our opinion, might have been omitted with advantage, to consider the preceding portion, which we have perused with in terest and satisfaction. In the preface we are told " the first part of this book contains the story of a life ; the second part mostly contains familiar letters on various subjects—chapters illustrating those sub jects interspersed with the letters; the third part will speak for itself." To that third part we have alarady alluded ; the first part relates the history of Cecil Latimer—her love-story, her misfortunes, and her unexpected inheritance. Tile second part is of a very different character. The heiress is here established at Ashdown, the mistress of most extensive domains, numbering miserable vil lages and innumerable and wretched tenants. By a process which some of her neighbours ascribe to magic, the mistress of Ashdown gradually surrounds herself with happiness in the place of misery, and calls up industry and prosperity in the place of sloth and star vation. A series of letters, intermingled with glimpes of the life at Ashdown, record the transformation and afford en opportunitr for the introduction of many truthful and beautiful thoughts, and many observations of sound and practical wisdom. As a specimen of which, here is the secret cf Cecil's magical achieve ments:— WAY STRIKE. The following address to the shareholders of the Eastern Counties Railway Company has been handed to us for publication : " To proveht misapprehension on tle part of the shareholders and the public es to the position of the en gine -drivers and. firemen lately in the employment of the E,,ste:n Counties Pailv.ay Company, the directors f,el it their duty to publish the following statement of facts. On the 22d of last month Mr. Gooch entered on his duties as locomotive superintendent on this railway. "On Monday, the 12th inst., a dopNation from the engine -drivers and firemen doired to see some of the directors. They were received by Mr. Ellis wlien they presented io him a memorial complaining if Mr. Gooch, in the following words:— " TO THE CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF DIRFCTORS CF THE " On the subject of Miss Latimer, Mr. Adair would hold forth without coming to any conclusion, but always ending thus:—' It is extraordinary, I cannot make it out.' lie forgot to notice that Cecil went the straight road she had in view, to some determined end; that in watters of business she never stooped to gather up the twigs and flowers on the wayside; that in her eves business was business, not amusement; that she looltel on the improvement of persons and things, as the taxes, duties, and financial measures of the Go vernment of her property and people; sad she never en tered into discussions on those subjects but with a few persons whose opinions she looked up to. Mr. Adair overlooked Miss Latimer's steadiness in bringing things slowly and gradually to what she had in view. flu would change and demur, and turn round and pause and tem porise, while, like the Princess in the Arabian Tales,' she walked straight up the mountain, having once dis 3overed at the bottom of the hill the pathway, amid briars and thorns and thistles, without regard to those who call,d to her to stop and loiter by the way." The remarks on music and its influence are among the beautiful and truthful observations we have alluded to as forming a conspicuous part of the his tory of " The Present." What we are, moreover, especially pleased with in these portions of the nar rative is the forcible manner in which that too-often forgotten truth is impressed upon the would-be friends of the poor, namely, that the poorest and most miserable among us have not only sensations but sentiments like their "betters." Cecil delights in witnessing the interest with which her once wretched and almost depraved villagers listen to the beautiful music which, both at church and in her own dwelling, she provides for their benefit. " After them Mod and clothing," is her maxim, "let us encourage among them the love of music, and flowers, and poetry, let us teach them they have souls." On the same subject the heiress thus con verses with her friends : " Thei e is no person living who cannot be dealt with in some way or other, or have not their sentimental turn, if you can find it 'jut. It is the point on which they are tenderest, and music will make its aay on the roughest, hardest, moat savage nature. " You are perfectly egbt," said Miss Latimer, "every one is sentimental abc.ut something. One looks down at the violets, another up at the stars; one person about their dog, another allout their daughter. That is the feeling to lay hold or. I cannot write poetry, but I would willingly turn ,a poetical feeling into active utility." With such, and eve n more truthful and eloquent re marks, the "PresehV " portion of this work is richly stored. It is full of practical wisdom, enforced in a most impressive and Attractive manner. As such we cordially commend it, notwithstanding its eccentrici ties, which eccentrici ties we hope to see avoided in the next work by the same author.: LONDON MEDI CAL EXAMINER. No. V. This is the fifth DI unber of a new monthly medical periodical. It contains much useful information on the public libraries of the United Kingdom, more particularly on those of the various medical corpora tions, which seem to be grossly mismanaged. Among the various papers, wo would particularly recommend the attention of our :medical readers to the one on " Croup," by Edwai ds Crisp, M.D., of Parliament street. It is the m odel of what a medical treatise ought to be, and it; completely exhaustive of the subject. THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE. We trust the members of the Government will attentively per use the papers on the subject of the massacres and cannibalism at the San dal Wood Islands, tne New Hebrides, New Cale donia, and the Loyally Islands, and will adopt mea sures to protect out commerce in those seas. No doubt the members )f the Pirate Protection Society will oppose the adop ;ion of any such necessary mea sure of maritime police until some one of the membEr3 of the imn taculate body shall have actually seen an Englishman (according to Mr. Cobden 'b theory, it must be an Englishman to authorise our interference) regularly slaughtered, roasted, and eaten ; but, fortum'itely, the united efforts of the knav6s and the noodles can only muster a Parlia mentary force of sev sateen, and therefore the Minister can afford to treat them with contempt. We hope shortly to have a good account of these cannibals from the conumandor of one of our steam-frigates. The magazine for this month contains, besides this paper, a variety of f xtieles on nautical subjects. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. Sylvanus Urban opens with an admirable article entitled " Who wrt ,te Shakspere's Henry VIII. ?" a question which the writer answers by attributing a considerable portion of it to Fletcher. " A Record of Rambouillet " is a pleasant gossipping paper anent the various possessor •s of that celebrated domain. The author has caught the true French spirit of memoir writing. Mr. Francis Harwell contributes an ad mirable " Memoir of Paul Louis Courier." In speak ing of his murder, Par. Harwell says— " Paul Louis Cot trier was shot on the 10th April, 1823, a few steps fro. ai his house in the country : he died immediately. SuspicAon attached to the Government, to his wife, to some pr ivate enemy; but we have no light to guide us in pronot :acing on whom the guilt lies." We were in Franc e at the time, and the generally expressed opinion A , yes that the conspiracy to murder Paul Louis Courier had been concocted at Mow2t rouge, and that the hand which pulled the trigger had been blessed ; in short, he was murdered by the Jesuits, who have n ' , ter wanted a Ravaillac to perform their behests. `Vu never heard that suspicion at tached to his wife. The other papers in the Gentle man's Magazine ar, e all of great merit. PEN, NY MAPS. Part I. This is a marvel of cheapness, even in this cheap age. We have he re four accurate quarto maps of Denmark, Holland , and Belgium, Hungary East and Hungary West, Ir:ft autifully engraved by Mr. Lowry, for one penny each, or with the boundaries coloured, twopence. To Me Ssrs Chapman and Hall is due the credit of having been the first to place maps within the purchasing pc wer of the poorest working man. Every one can no. Tv purchase for himself an Atlas. CO U .RT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The Queen and Prince took their usual early walk this morning. The younger members of the Royal Family walked and rode in Osborne Park and grounds. Sir Francis Eating arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon, and wi 11 accompany ber Majesty and his Royal Highness 'in the intended trip to Ostend. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left his seat, Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire, for Biro= Dunkeld. THE QIUE.EN'S EXCURSION TO BELGIUM. PORTSMOUTH, TIIESDAY.—Tho royal yacht Victoria and Atber, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence; the FAiry, royal yacht, Master-Commander Welch ' • the Black Elgle, Admiralty st eam- y acht, Master Com mander 5.13. flook;`and the Vivid steam packet, Master- Commander Smithett, all assembled at Cowes this morn ing, and subsequently moored off Osborne, with steam nr, ready for weighing, but this afternoon. about 3.30, her Majesty ' 6 iutcntion not tot Inbark u -day, in crunie quenee Lf the high ACbterly gale blowing, was tele graphed to the Commander-in-Chief here. The Vivid subtequeutly returped into this hat bour. Why is a bad shot like a very amusing fellow ? Because he is the boy to keep the game alive, W EDNESDA Y EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1850. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FlOlll THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. TIMES.—If any doubt has ever been euter.ained of the strong adherence of the. great bulk of the French nation to monarchial principles, that doubt would be dispelled by the enthusiasm with which all classes of the provincial population have thrown themselves upon ihe track of Louis Napoleon, and have identified his p erso n with all that they desire and respect in their Government. The addresses which have been heaped upon the chief actor in these remarkable scenes, the language of adulation applied to his services, and even the titles not very correctly given to his rank, may lose much of their effect when we remember how lately the same epithets and the same assurances of loyal devotion were bestowed upon a race which was exiled en the morrow by a popular convulsion, and who had in their day strutted and speechified in the same altitudes and array as half a dozen preceding rulers of France. But though the object is perpetually changing, and it would be a gross abuse of personal vanity to set any store on these festival engagements between the Government and the people, yet the tendency to repeat these cere monies, and to pay this homage to the personal repre sentative of the State for the time being, is as constant and inveterate as any characteristic of the French people. In fact, this sort of hero-worship is carried to such an extent in France that as much in cense will be burnt before the sham divinity of the hour as if he were the lawful occupant of a throne and the legitimate descendant of a hundred kings. That idea of hereditary right which is the foundation of monarchy in its proper sense is faint in one pen , tion of the French people, and absolutely repugnant to another portion. But the habit of saluting the possessor of supreme power with the language of courtiers and the servility of a dependent nation is common to almost all parties, and they continue to flatter after they have ceased to believe. With this disposition in the French nation, which 60 years of revolution and a rapid succession of unsettled govern ments have not eradicated, it is a misfortune that these convulsions should have left the country as hostile as it undoubtedly is to the race of Princes who were for many ages the object of this defe rence. It is to be regretted that a people so anxious to preserve the forms of monarchy, and which has made two abortive attempts to found a Republi can Government, should have quarrelled beyond all present hope of reconciliation with its own family of Monarchs ; for the maintenance of re spectful and affectionate relations between the Sove- I reign and the people is essential to the performance of their mutual relations and the protection of their common. interests. But the clearest result of the whole revolutionary era of France down to the pre sent time is, that the Bourbons are so distasteful to the prejudices and feelings of the people, that no per sonal merits or services of the Princes of that family can atone for their birth, and they have four times fallen from the throne, though not, except in 1830, by any direct provocation of their own. The politi cal circles of Paris, or certain benches in the National Assembly, may contemplate the possibility of another Bourbon restoration by the will of the people, and may even be occupied with the means of bringing such a change about; but in the mass of the commu nity these, undertakings awaken no response, and if they ever prove successful, the nation will submit to the change, but without taking any real part in it. They had almost as soon endure the Republic itself. These circumstances are, of course, pecu liarly favourable to the ascendancy of Louis Napo leon. He has just enough of hereditary claim in his character of nephew of the Emperor to raise him above all private competitors for the highest dignity in the state; but as he can put forward no Absolute right, he is content to hold whatever he en • joys by the flattering tenure of popular suffrage. lie combines some of thb attractions of elective sove reignty with some of the prerogatives of traditional and imputed rank and greatness. He has the merit in the eyes of the French populace of being called a Prince though not a Bourbon, and of being Head of the Republic though not a Republican ; and he has shown considerable judgment and dexterity in avail ing himself of this peculiarity of his position. It is evident on his present excursion that the appellations commonly reserved to royalty fell with no unwel come round upon his ear, and no allusion to the stability of the Republic was allowed to pass his lips. Everything in his speeches and declarations, especially in his remarkable and well-prepared harangue at Lyons, was made to consist in the omnipotence of the people and in his own rights as their brat repre sentative. The other servants of the state are chosen by parts or districts of France, he by the whole. No doubt an elective sovereignty so sup ported by a man not altogether unwortny of the popular choice or unfaithful to his trust may have a degree of personal eclat which does not often attach itself to an hereditary king. But it is exempt from none of the evils which reason and expe rience have shown to be invariably attached to elec tive monarchies. Their condition is habitual anarchy with occasional lucid intervals of successful authority ; but the greater this success may have been during the life of a good prince, the greater is the gloom and the danger which follows his removal, Every demise of the Crown becomes a revolution, until at last the army decides what is commonly beyond the strength of a divided and exhausted people. If by any sudden calamity Louis Napoleon were removed from the po sition he fills in the world, even though he is not a Sovereign but the Head of a so-called Republic, it is impossible to foresee or even to speculate on the result, except that all France would acknowledge the de plorable instability of institutions which fail to provide against the precarious condition of human lfe. - Such events may be dealt with by the republican constitu tion of the United States, where government is a matter of business; but no provision can be made for them by such means in France, where government is in great part a matter of sentiment, of display, and, so to speak, of patronage. Above all, the intense jealousies which are injuriously felt iu the United States, but which imperiously, sway the more volatile political society of France, would absolutely prevent the fair choice of any man to govern the country who should not he marked out beforehand by birth or CM.. nexion . from the herd of competitors. One of the . chief practical services which the institution of royalty renders to civilised nations, and especially to free states, is that it places the largest stake in the coun try, and that on which the peace of society depends, beyond the reach of vulgar ambitions, and provides a head for the nation without ,the least humiliation to the dignity of a subject. In this respect Louis Napo leon has in his name and descent some of the ad vantages of a royal person ; and, though they are in truth supposititous, the end is answered if they are recognised by the French people. The world may become indifferent to mere titular distinctions and the externals of Majesty, but the substance of these questions remains the same, for it lies at the foundation of society, or beyond that, in the depths of human nature. Toe occurrences now passing before our eyes in France are no more than repetitions of that desire of permanence, of order, and of authority, which is the safeguard of all interests and the basis of all laws. Louis Napoleon is at this moment the most suitable—we might say the only practicable —repre sentative of these principles. He is doing what he can, not only to win but to deserve the confidence and gratitude of the people. He alone in France is doing exactly what suits himself and what suits the nation ; and we conclude that he has an increasing chance of retaining and augmenting a power which others are scarcely less eager to confer upon him than he is to merated ? . accept. . DAILY NEWS.—The struggle between civil and ecclesiastical authority, of which Piedmont is at present the scene, is not a little remarkable. The question at issue is, indeed, not new; nor are the in fluences invoked on either side, now for the first time pressed into the conflict. The quarrel is, in fact, as old as the claims of Rome to the suzerainty of Christendom, and the spirit of resistance which those claims have naturally provoked in all governments conscious of power, independence, or dignity. In the kingdom of Sardinia the privileges of the clergy were, previous to the late popular changes, defined by the terms of a concordat made many years ago be tween the papal court and the late king. A modern recognition was thereby given to the clerical ex emptions from temporal jurisdictions, which, though obsolete in almost every other Catholic country, still lingered in the dominions of the house of Savoy. Not only ecclesiastical persons, but all suits and causes in which matter was alleged to fall within the scope of ecclesiastical surveillance, were liable to be thus withdrawn from the cognisance of the civil courts, and to be placed at the absolute disposal of clerical tribunals. The right uncontravened, its exercise varied according to cir cumstances. While Charles Albert slept in Austria's bosom, his police saved the priesthood much of trou - ble. The press needed no judicial criticism when its wings were kept closely cut by the primitive shears of the censorship ; and when Ministerial responsibility to representative control was as yet unfelt, all ques tions of intellectual or political licence were nipped quietly in the bud. Charles Albert woke, however, one morning, and, with what sincerity of purpose we stop not here to ask, proclaimed his readiness to set his subjects free. Administrative reforms, which in other states preluded the change of political institu tions, in Sardinia were deferred until the latter had been to a certain extent completed. War for a time engrossed the national mind, and still further delayed the most practical and useful portion of the revolu tion thus begun. At length peace was restored, and the new monarch, with his new representative system, set about remodelling and popularisiug the civil and criminal judicatures of the realm., Whereupon the Church, or rather the higher clergy, I aided by certain o f the monas ti c o rders, solemnly in- I terposed their antiquated pretensions, and set ;IT a ' claim indefeasible and sacred, to judge and be judged in all matters whatsoever where, in their opinion, the interests of religion might be affected, by ecelesiasti cal tribunals. Long discussions and angry contro• versies ensued—the e king, the chambers, the press, and the laity of all ranks, being of Mind arid — of one soul in declarine; that the obsolete syStem of priestly and irrespoesinla courts must cease, and that perfect and entire equality should be established be fore the law. The bishops and the jesuits, true to their ancient maxims, resolved to concede nothing. The clerical jurisdictions were finally abolished ; and a trivial matter soon afterwards arising in which the abrogated authority was illegally attempted to be set up, under the Mandate ef Franzoni, the Archbishop of urin, the prelate was summoned to appear before the civil court. Tile summons was treated with dis. dainful neglect, and the court was obliged to co m p e l the archbishop's attendance. But no persuasion or admonition could extract from him an answer to any interrogatory or acknowledgtnent of the authority of the tribunal. Judgment was suffered to go by de fault, and as the most lenient penalty by which the judges deemed it possible to vindicate the law, M. Franzoni was sentenced to imprisonment for four teen dep. But the contumacy of the churchman was ILA quelled. Tne term of his captivity ended, a fierce crusade against the secrilegiotis innovators was forthwi . h commenced. Every pulpit re-echoed the denunciations of the unhunabled prelate. The inter ference of Austria and the interdict of the Vatican were vehemently invoked ; and the forbearance of the people was vainly supposed to indicate a change of sentiment, and a repentant reaction in favour of priestly domination. Suddenly M. de Santa Rosa, one of the Ministers by whom the contested changes had been initiated and carried in the Legislature, was taken dangerously ill. In a few days his case was pronounced hopeless, and the usual re-quest was made to the ministering clergy of San Carlo, the parish in which he dwelt, that the last rites of the Church should be administered. The Pere Servite thus summoned declared that he was unable to comply, having received orders forbidding him to do so from M. Franzeni, unless a full confession of penitence for his acts performed as a minister were first made known. The dying man refused to quit the world with a falsehood on his lips, and told the terror-stricken priest that "he knew how to re concile his duty to his country with his duty unto God." Earnest remonstrances were made by the other members or the Cabinet with the archbishop, but without effect. Multitudes assembled in silence around the dwelling where the unshriven minister lay. After some hours of suspense it was announced that he was no more. A terrible murmur rose amidst the throng; and as they separated, such vows against 'clerical into ercnce, usurpation, and cruelty were heard, as will not be soon forgotton. A new source of popular exasperation was soon added. Al. Franzoni's vengeance was still unquenched: The rites of Christian burial had likewise been forbidden. The fury of the populace became ungovernable. They rushed in thousands to the convent of the Peres Servites, and threateningly demanded the perform ance ef the customary service for the dead. The nionka had fled, but the excitement had become so great as to overpower all ordinary sense of obligation, and a priest was found will ing: to perf o rm the offices of sepulture. The ceremonial was attended by the whole of the civil functionaries, the army and national guard, and vast multitudes of all classes of the people. Oa the foliowiug day the archbishop was called upon by the Government to resign his see, and upon his refusal was sent under an escort to a distant fortress. The monks who had been the instruments of his tyranny were banished from Turin, and it was supposed that the Jesuits would be expelled in like manner. Ilatelly had these events taken place than the replies long ex pected from Vienna and Rome became known. Cax- dinal Antonelli, on behalf of the Church, adjures the Government of Sardinia to retrace their reforming steps, and declares broadly that no state has a right to alter its domestic institutions, so far as education or worship is concerned, without the previous assent of the Holy See. And the Austrian Cabinet demands, by way of set off to the measures adopted by the Sardinian Government against M. Franzoni, that the editor of the Opinione, a moderate constitutional paper, should be expelled from Piedmont. Is it pos sible to conceive how any enemy to the Catholic Church could have suggested a series of measures more calculated to injure and undermine its influence than those Which we have thus enu- DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Yesterday the annual general meeting of the pro prietors of Drury-lane Theatre was,held in the saloon of the house for the purpose of presenting the 3 early report and electing six directors. B. B. Cabbell, Beg., M.P., in the chair. The following report of the general committee was read : •` rhe rep Itt of Vie committee, in August last, an nounced to the assembly their gratification at having succeeded in leasing the theatre for a considerable por tion of the year for dramatic performances. Beyond a most earliest desire for the success of the lessee, in his endeavours to carry out the object of restoring the drama to Drury-lane Theatre, it does not come within the pro vince of the committee to enter into any detail of the re sults of the enterprise; but they assume, from the eircum• stance of Mr. Anderson resolving to continue his lease, that he has no fears or despondency of the ultimate re sult being a successful one. The lease granted to Mr. Anderson has three bears to rue, ending in June, 1853, his term extendiugfrom I)sember to June in each year, whilst that granted to Mesare. Jullien and Gye for the ether portion of the year, viz , from Juno to Decem ber, lot their operatic and musical performances, will expire at Christmas, 1853. The committee have the satisfactiod to state that by the returns from the several departments, the value of the properties, Sec., in working the theatre from December last has been maintained, and, in some instances, considerably improved, and that the rent has been punctually discharged by the respire tivelossees, totally irrespective of their deposits made and now lying at the bankers' of the committee for se curing the due performance of the covenants. In re fer coca to the report of last year, the committee therein ventured to anticipate the patronage of her Majesty in support of the cause of the mama, which was most gra ciously conceded by the occupation by her Majesty of her private box. In calling the attention of this meeting to the statement of accounts now laid before them, which have been regularly audited by John Savory, Eiq., the cash account exhibits a re cuipt of 4,5921. 45., including a .balance from the previous season et 50/, 12.. 3d. ; whilst the payment of current ex penses has amounted to 4,2991, 14s. IIJ., leaving a cash acne at the hankers of 2921 11tl be applied in ; , part payment of th e txpeus.es of the current quarter. tee bond debt remains as stated at the last general sa sernbly, with the addition of another year's interest, amounting altogether to 7 6401. Sc. 21. The renters, trustees; have received the it payment f 5/ per night !or each performance, amounting to 670/, agreeably to the arrangement entered int.) with the committee in the year 1841. The Duke of Bedford has received during the year five quarters' ground-rent, amounting to 1 6861. 10s. 101, thereby reducing the debt to his Grace by the payment of 337/. 6s. 21. as compared with the =tient mentioned in the last annual report. The com mittee have, trout time to time, pointed out in their seve;ral reports to the assembly of proprietors the nece a shy of substantial repairs to thereof of the theatre, the copper of which was Lid down pearly forty years ego, and had by a process of time become cxceeuingly de fective, notwithstanding the outlay annually expended on it, and the committee have now the pleasure of report ing that under the recommendation of their architect, they have entered into a contract with a respectable penny by which, at a stipulated sum to be paid quarterly during seven years, commencing on . the 25th of March last, the roofs will be kept in continued repair, and within such term of seven years the entire roof will be relaid with lead of a proper weight, under, the superin tendence, and subject to the approbation of the architect of ae company." Mr. CaAwcoua moved the adoption of the report, which was agreed to. BIRTHS and DEATHS in LONDON. The following is the weekly return published by authority of the Registrar-General, for the week ending Saturday, August 17 : The mortality is decreasing in London. The 864 deaths last week were less by 123 than the deaths in the previous week, and to nearly the same I xtont less than the average of the ten corresponding Pieeki. 1846- . 9, if We exclude the week of 1849, when 2,230 I:4=las were registered. In the same at awn last jeer the danger of dying in London was twice as great as it is now; end the epidemics of cholera and its inseparable attend ant diarrhma, which destroyed 1,230 and' 188, were fatal last week only to 8 and to 139 lives. Six of those who died of cholera were children, one was a dirty labourer of the age of 41, who lay aboutin steads; and one was a widow of the age rf 73, who refused•to take nutritious diet. Of the 139 persons who riled of diarrhoea, 118 were children under 15 years of age, 8 were adults, and 13 were aged persons. • Looking -at the numbers as well as lire details cf the cases of cholera returned, and at the advanced period of the 3 ear—so many weeks after the epid-mic broke oul, not only in 1832 and 1844, but in 18d3—if must be adniittjd that the chance of "an Lanny-oak in the present year is considerably diminished. The immu n-ty. .from, attack will no doubt., accelerate' tae great works which are now in contemplation for the drainage and purification of Londoh; for it cannot be forgotten that that unseen power of the air which slow 60 many thnufands last }ear may return and put the sanitary. defences of.tbe city . to a At cond and sevetar proof, when the population is mere scantily supplied with vegetables, unit,. bread, and the other meant. of living. • The following are the particulars of. the eight cholera cases;-- On the 10th of August, at 3, Hunt-rtreet, Lambeth, the daughter Of a veaterman, aged 4'montbt, " vomiting hypercathaisis, cholera." Mr. G. Wocid, the deputy regist.rar..sfates that " the parents of the ceild occupied a small house, under which runs a most offensive drain; the former occupiers of this house left in consequence of !he s►ench arising therefrom." On the 6th ot August, at 3, Dorset-street, Ratcliff, the ton of a labourer, aged mouths, "cho:era (26 hours)." On the 10th ot Aug., st, 2, Swan-court, Glass-house-street, Whitechapel, the son of a !armorer, aged 8 months, " Asiatic cholera (24 hours)." On the 12th of August, at the •workhonse, Kingsland-road, brought from a stable in the Eagle wharf-road on the 10;h, a labourer, aged, 41 years, " English cholera (2 dep.)." Mr. N. Bowring. the registrar, states that • }fir;- man had not been in a bed for the last j!ii.x 2r lnontht; he lay about. in stables, but more commonly on the dust-heap in a yard, and when brought to the workhouse was in a most filthy conditiur." On the 10th ot August, at 12, Cock -court, St. James's, Clerkenvvell, the son of a com positor, aged 3 }• earn. " Gastro-enteritis (6 days), cho lera (26 hours)." . On the 15th of August, at 31, Mar shall-street, Golden-square. the daughter of a clicker, aged 8 months. "cholera (24 hours)." On the 10th of August, at 30, Vauxhall-bridge-road, the daughter of a labourer, aged 1 year, "dentition, diarrhase, (2 days), cholera (15 hours)." On the 13th of August, at 3, Cross-street, Chelsea, the widow of a domestic servant, aged 73 years, " cholera (3 days), exhaustion from refusing; sufficient nourishment (1 day)." Mr. W. Clifford Smith, the registrar, states that •• this p•:rson was recovering from cholera, but remained low and weak, and refusing to take nutritious diet died from exhaustioA." It is worthy of note that the decline in the general mortality has taken place on the north side of the river Th:mes, and that it is observed in both sexos and in all ages under the age of 60. The mean temperature of the air in the shade ins €2 . 6 deg. ; the temperature of the Thames water was 66 . 2 dig. in the day, 62 8 deg. in the night. The tem perature) of the air was 1.2 deg. above the average of the cot responding week. Electricity was active, and nearly an inch of rain fell, chiefly on Monday. The wind passed .over Greenwich at an average rate of less than 100 miles a-Jas. _ _ _ In reply to a PROPRIETOR, The CHAIRMAN stated that Mr. Anderson was responsible fur 5-7ths of the rent, and M. Jullien fur 2-7ths. ' The out-going directors were re-appointed, who nominated the sub committee, of which the Earl of Glengall was named chairman. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. • V•,e following selections are made from the Registrar's reports:— In Sc. James, Westminster. sub-district, at 9, St. Al ban'-place, Pall mall, a gentleman, aged 57 years, tiled of "neglected diarrhcet of uncettain duration." The de ceased, instead of applying fur medical advice, wbz'si first seized, made use of prescriptions he had by him. Miedical aid ens called in when too late. In Camden -town, sub-district, at 4, Skinner's-place. the daughter of a brasslounder, aged 22 months, died of diartl cei (9 days), convulsions (12 hours)." The spot is ill-cleansed, crowded, and near to stablesand slaughter houirs.. In Islington East sub-district, at- Fort-street, Highbury vale, the daughter of a gardener, aged 9 mouths, died of "diarrhea." Mr. Butterfield, the re gistrar, states that "an open sewer runs near the Louse." At 10; Sidney-place, City-road, a pensioner from the Royal Navy, aged 55 years, died of " pleuritic (1W days), terminating in the typhoid state (8 days)." A. elope and confined place." In St.. George, Bloomsbury, sub-district, at 19, Chapel. street, Little Corm -street, the daughter of a cab .4river, d 2 years, died of " scarlatina (4 days)." No medi cal attendant. The registrar stztea ;lint " the deceased child was taken on the Bth ult. to the Free Hospital, where some fever draughts and powder were given; no turther notice aas taken of the case till Sunday, when • she wit.s.t.eken to a surgeon in the neighbourhood, who pretext:6d, but not seeing her again, did notice' justified in certifying the Lathe of death." In St. Andrew, Eastern Holborn, sub-district. at 2, Fox place, Fix -court, a widow, aged 44 years, died of continued fever 25 days, pneumonia bronchitis, 5 days. Mr. Holmes the registrar stater, " that Fox-place is close and confined, occupied by people of the loWer order. The drainage seems good." Also, at 7,- Fleet-row, Eyre street-hill, the son of a labourer, aged 3 months, died of " elect - Fess." No medical attendant. Fltez-row is op posite Fleet-ditch, which is now nearly all coveted in. Drainage good. In tit. Botolph, sub-district of East London, at 12, Prince'.-street, Sparrow-corner, Aldgete, the widow of a butcher, aged 73 years, di e d " chronic • diarri aosa ." The medical attendant reports, " that tie deceased suf fered from cholera in 1849, of which disease hsee hus buff' di.d. The street is crowded and generally un healthy." At 5, Htechinson-avenue, Aldgate, the deughtor of a labourer, aged 1 year, died of " tabes mosenterica, diar rhoea." Mr. Spencer, the registrar states, " The Atom i 3 situate at the end cf the avenue against a high wall. There are six small rooms in the house, each lot out to separate families. The informant slates that there are about 30 or 40 persons residing therein. A child died of choleraic diarrhoea in the same house, which was re ported- in last week's return. Another child is not lit rely to live. The Whole of the places and neighbourhood adjoining are very crowded aud.frequently reported as unhealthy." Io St. James, Bermondsey, sub-district, at 1, James'. court, the son of a labourer, aged 18 months, died of " hooping-cough (5 months), pneumonia, sloughing fri,m blister (3 wcrko." Mr. Martin, the registrar, states that " this child lived on Jacub's Island, near to the scarlatiha cares reported last wed:. He attributesita death to the cunt:tint:wed poison existing in the court." la S. caul St. George-in-the-East sub-district, at 22, Star-stree', a fish dealer, aged 62, died of "apoplexy (12 minutes, first attack.)" (Not certified.) The deceased was teen b 1 a medical man and medicine administered, but a certificate was refused; his brother fell dead in a fit two months before. SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE THAMES.—At a late hour last night, a very seriuUS collision occurred between a strainer and a barge, when both were just off Blackwell. Pier, and by which it is feared there will be loss of life. it ap pears that the Vesper steamer was on her way about eleven o'clock from Gravesend to London, and was nearing the Blackwell Pier, when the captain descried a large dummy barge, laden with coals, bearing in between the steamer and the pier. He ordered the steamer to be backed, but before the engines were reversed, the barge, with a strong tide, came in upon her, and completely took away the bows of the steamer. Numbers were dashed to the deck as if they had been shot, and one lady was so fearfully cut about the head and temples, that on reaching 131ackwall Pier she was imme diately conveyed to a surgeon's. Her state was very serious. It was the opinion of every one present that no blame was attached to the captain. Tua ARUNDEL Socurrr.—This society was lately established for the praiseworthy of of preserving re cords of works of art, which, though of high value, would never be presented to the world through the medium of the press, except under the fostering influence of an association. of this nature. The works of art to which this society drects its attention, with the view of publication, are of two classes. The first is literary, and the second consist of en gravings from important examples of architecture, sculp ture, painting, and ornamental design. The society's first publication, which is now before us, reflects credit on the spirit and discernment of its members, and constitutes a feli citous commencement of its career. It. is an engraving in the first style of the celebrated fresco of Fra Angelico, in'the chapel of Nicholas V., in the Vatican. The subject is " St. Lawrence distributing alms." It is engraved by Gruner, from a very care ul drawing by Tanner. This print, with a copy .of the life of the painter, translated by ,13ezzi, front Vasari, is now in course of distribution to the members' of the society. THE REPRESENTATION OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVER ITr.—A correspondent writes: -" Sundry paragraphs have bean going the round of the press' in relation to the above, but it may be stated in relation thereto that they are all equally Without foundation. There is not the remotest pro bability that either Lord Fielding or Mr. 'Lefevre will be candidates; the latter, it is well known, was only placed in. his position .on the poll at the last election by a coali:ion with Mr. Goulburn, or rather, perhaps, by the exchange of split votes with the latter, and, in addition, has since accepted an Ake which 'disqualifies him. The writer has good authority for stating that Lord Fielding has positively declined, as has also the Marquis of Granby, who was solicited by. some of the few resident members of the senate On Lord Fielding declining, a deputation was sent to the Noble Marquis, who is visiting in Derbyshire with the Duke of Rutland and Lord Stanley, but with the like result, and the matter has now been allowed to rest until other influential parties now enjoy! big the vacation return to,Cambridge, and until:that time all must necessarily be mere surmise." MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, AVG. 20. , --The t sudden change in the Cotton Market at Liverpool s quitehas pcauasread a corresponding change here. Business s ee u l v l izneed operating., and buyers and sellers E 4 Locu LEva 17s seem by m u tual nconlent to de stated as a remarkable fact, that has not been lower for half ; that the water i V.lc x h Leven _. r The . Gloucester Festival will commence on the 10th o f FepteMber. 'The special patronage of the Queen•has been accdrded. The pre►ident is the Duke of Beaufort, and;the. vier-pre•idents the Earl of Fitzhardinge, Earl Somers, and Lord Lyttelton. Tue OLD WESTERN DRAMATICS.—This amateur comp - any had a field night last eveninf,; at the Dramatic In stitution, Gough-street, GI ay's Inn -road. The performance's consisted of he Road to Ruin, The Unfinished Gentleman, and The Vicar of IVakefield (Strand version). The whole went off With great eclat: DUBLIN, AUG. 2 0.—Cootes, the pedestrian, success fully. completed, yesterday evening, an extraordinary match against time which he had undertaken, namely, to walk a thousand half miles in a thousand half hours. The wager for which he undertook this arduous feat was oily 504 but it is expected that that sum will be considerably increased b! , subscriptions. Some days since he appeared in so ex hausted a state that his backers scarcely expected they would be able to keep him up to the task, but as the con clusion approached he recovered strength and courage. TaaasiTau 'TaovE.—A singular discovery was made last week, by some excavators who were employed in forming a new sewer from Orchard-street and Strutton ground, Westminster. They came across a cesspool which had been closed for many years, and there dug up a jar con taining a considerable suns of money. A scramble took plied, and it is, therefore, impossible to say what the amount was. it is remembered•by some of the old inhabitants that tretween 40 and.6u years ago a large sum was stolen from a public-house in Ann-street, near at hand, and there was a hot pursuit, there is reason to believe that the plunder was secreted on the spot where the present discovery was made. TUE RULING PASSION STRONG IN DEATH. — Died, a short time since. at Legbourne, aged 96, John Swin date. The decvased had from early life been accustomed to cock- fig h ling, &c.; and this ruling passion was strong in him to his death, for he desired that a battle might be fought upoknis•coitu-lid previously to his being deposited in his resting- place. On Monday a mill-boiler exploded at Oldham, by which the boiler-maker was killed and two of his men severely scalded. The mill had been stopped for repairs, and fortunately thud wad av one also on She prdiaideL can N b A r e r a :: nearly A y " dry h h e o " century. COVENTRY Th don and North-Western Company announce the readiness for opening of this line of about Mete miles, commencing at Coventry on the London and North-Western, and terminat in:; is junction with the Trent Valley at Nuneaton. THE ORKNEY MAILS.—Mr. Anderson, M.P., has been to Thurso. The object of his visit Was to communicate wick Captain Otter, of her Majesty's steamer Comet, relative to a report which he has been requested by the Admiralty to make to them, as to the best arrangements for a steam packet communication for the Orkney mails across the Pent land Frith. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. " Humbly shovvetb,—That your petitioners, the en gine-men end firemen in your hon. service, have been driven by the uujtvt and tyrannical proceedings of Mr. Gooch to appeal at once to your hon. board. We are still willing to serve your hon. board on the same condi tions we did Wore Mr. Gooch became our superinten dent, and we [Litter ourselves we gave your hon. beard every reason to be satisfied with our conduct and capa bilities as enginemen and firemen. We deeply regret that we are compelled to be so hasty iu our proceedings, but the prompt manner in which Mr. Gooch is carrying out tyrannical rzer.ssures leaves us no alternative We are quite willing to serve your hon. board as heretofore, but we have unaninion , ly come to the determination to be the servants of your hon. board no longer than the 18th day of August, 1850, unless Mr. Gooch is removed from being our aupeAntendenr, " Signed on behalf of the enginemen arid fire me❑ in the employment of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. (No signatures.) " Joseph Tatton, engine man, and his fireman, were fined each two drys' pay and suspended two and three quarters, for the cotter of his cross-head breaking in three pieces after being 34 miles on his journey—an ac cident over which he possibly could have no control. " James Steel, engineman, and his fireman, were fined a quarter of a day each for his eccentric strap breaking—caused by the cage of his bluck breaking and the ball working up into the pump. " ' Henry Harris, engineman, and his fireman, were fined a quarter of a day each for detaining his train 10 minutes—the cause was his eccentric sheave slipped, over which he had no control. "' James Nelson, engiueman, and his fireman, were fined one day's pay each for a drawbar giving way on a train of 50 waggons. , " Edward lice, engineman, and his fireman, fined Is. each for a draw -bar breaking in a truia of 30 loaded waggons. " John Thomas Hope and Joseph Kinnersley, en ginenun, with their firemen, were fined 2s. 6.1. each for the cotter of a drawbar orestking in a train of 56 waggons; the cost of the cotter would not exceed 3d.; and fancy two engines attached to such a train, and to fine men for 3 simple cotter breaking. " "rhese are a few in his tyrannical acts too numer ous to mention. The deputation can give you every satisfaction. He is discharging the old and experienced enginemen and firemen because they receive 7s. 6d. and 4i. per day, the which your hon. board agreed they should have.' _ _ _ " Mr. Ellis stated to the men that the board had no knowledge of any disagreement txisting between the engine-drit ere and Mr. Gooch. They had never com plained either individually or collectively, and this was the first intimatio❑ they had given. lie added that the directors nad no desire to part with their old servants, or any intention that they should be harshly or unfairly dealt with; that they believed Mr. Gooch to be a kind mart, and he was so considered by those under his ma nagement on the Soutli-Western Reilway, where he had been employed for the last ten years. His serious ad vice to them was not to act precipitat ly or prematurely; many of them doubtless had wives and families, and they should therefore consider before they acted. in the way mentioned in their memorial. They would see that he could not be prepared with an answer, as, in justice to Mr. Gooch, the directors must hear his reply before they determined the matter. They would see Mr. Gooch, and endeavour to adjust their differences. " The men expressed themselves satisfied with that as'urance and departed. Within an hour of the receipt of the memorial 178 resignations, including those of the deputation, were seat into the superintendent's office in one parcel. "'These notices wore on printed forms, which had been prepared and signed beforehand. " The directors immediately sent for Mr. Gooch and placed the memorial in his hands for explanation. On the following day that officer addressed the annexed letter to the Board:— " TO THE CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Eastern Counties Railway-office, Bishopsgate Station, London, August 13, 1850. " Gentlemen,—l return herewith the paper which was referred to me, purporting to be a memorial from the engine-drivers and firemen of this railway, but which bears no signature. As it however quotes some in stances of what is termed tyranny on my part, I think it desirable to give the following explanation upon them:— . _ " The first case quoted was one where, in taking the Co!ches:er gotes train, the engine failed from the loss of a cotter, causing considerable damage to the cylinder and other vans of the engine, arising entirely from a I, ant of careful examination by the men in charge, and although they state that they had made a proper ex amination et Chelmsford, within four miles of the place where the accident occurred, they admitted to me, in the presence of the foreman, that, had those parts then been right, the accident would net have happened. " The second is a case of similar carelessness on the part of the men, in not satisfying themselves that their engine was in a proper ... state. These men are in the shod every third day with their engine, during which time it is strictly their duty to have their engine pro perly examined and repaired. "In the third case, the fine was for not reporting the circumstance of the engine failing, and that the train had to be taken to St. Ive's by horses, and not for the shift ing of the eccentric. " The others quoted are for breaking drawbars of waggons, a circumstance which, in nearly every instance, is the effect of carelessness on the part of the men, and which I am sorry to say, is of very frequent occurrence on this line, acd requites to be stopped, as very much mischief is caused by it. "You will observe by the list that several cases of fines are omitted, which prove the want of discipline under which these men are working, and which it is ab solutely iv cessary, both for the safety of the public and the interest of the company, should be changed. " I will only further observe that the statements made by them verbally, as reported in the Times of yesterday, ate wholly without foundation. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Your obedient servant, "J. V. Gooca." "In consequence of the determination expressed by the neer, the directors immediately proceeded to make arrangements for continuing the traffic on the line, and they succeeded in placing new engine-drivers and fire men on a considerable portion of it on Thursday, the 15th inst. " Having obtained a further supply of these men from other lines, the directors communicated with Mr. Gooch, and with their sanction he issued the following notice to the enginemen and firemen:— . " I hereby acknowledge to have"received notice of your intention to leave the service of this company on Nlonday next, the 19th inst., and I accept your resigna tion. But, as the directors have been informed that some of their people have families who live upon the lino of railway, and have been compelled to quit the company's service against their wili, I have thought it right to give such man an opportunity of returning to their duty. " ' Should any man wish to withdraw his resignation, he may do so by writing to me to that effee, when I will give his case my best Consideration. " (Max V. Gooca, Locomotive Superintendent. " August 17. " Mr. Ashcroft, the company's Superintendent of Way and Works, being aware of the desire of the directors not to act with harshness towards the men, or to part with them, it by any means they could be brought to a sense of tteir duty, saw several of the leading men en gaged in these proceedings on the same day. The whole boly, at a later period of the day, held a meeting, at which the following resolutions were passed : " At a meeting of the engine -drivers and firemen, held in Stratford, August 17, 1850, the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : " 1. All old hands to be reinstated that were dis charged without just cause. " 2. In the event of an excess of hands, the junior enginemen to return to firing, and junior firemen to re turn to the shed. " 3. The maximum time to be stated for one day's work, namely, from 100 to 130 miles, and, where miles cannot be run, that ten hours be considered as one day's work for all passenger trains; extras to be paid for. Goods and passeng er trains but from eighty I to ninety miles, or ten hours, to be considered a day's work for goods trains. " 4. If any enginemen or fireman, through accident or otherwise, cause darnai,e (previous to dismissal), to be brought before the officers' committee, so as to have is fair and impartial hearing. " 5. In the event of any sudden change through ex cess of business on the line requiring firemen to drive, then the prior term served as drivers in their rate of wages to be considered, so as to entitle them to wages sanctioned by the directors. "' The following scale of wages we beg to submit to and fur the approval of the directors:— " Cleaners, promoted to be firemen, to receive 3s. 6d. per day for the first six mouths, 3s. 9d. the next six months, and 4s. after they have been firemen 12 months. "' Firemen, promoted to be shedmen, to receive ss. per day, and when promoted to be enginemen to receive 6s. per day for the first six months, 6s. 6d. for the second six months, and 7s. for the next two years, and after that time to be 7s. 6d. per day. " Firemen of good character,' previously employed on other railways, to receive fur the first three months 3s. 6d. per day, alter that time to be paid 4s. per day. " EngiLemen of good character, previously employed en other railways, to receive 7s. per day for the first tr: years, after t h a t t i me to rece i ve 7 s . 6 d. per d a y. All fines that have been unjustly inflicted by Mr. party‘ l n to no questione shall ihmoamay yimnagittfiht,ine,neek fairpob rr e aonpbt i eie r r , : fl . tnirocept appoint. prds impartial coa w hil l i t i h e.o o rtm t r : Gooch to be returned to the parties so fined. t the inaragi tee e c t e e r r a: Resolved, that the foregoing resolutions, approved by this uceetit4;, be forwarded to the directors by Mr. Ashcrefr, who has kindly offered his unities as medi ator between the directors and us. " We, the engineraeu and firemen, deeply regret the misunderstanding that his already. arisen 'oetweett.us , and the company's superintendent, viewing the depressed state of railway property at this time, as it has a most ruinous effect on the value of all railway investment. " We theref ,re beg to say that we only require that weed of justice that is our clue. for the great length of s.crvice, and anxiety of mind which we have always bad for the welfare and safe-working of your line of railway. " Mr. Ashcroft attended the board with a copy of these resolution 4. The result of the board's deliberations is contained in the subjoined extract from the minutes of their proceedings of that date:- 6" Mr. Ashcroft attended and handed in a copy of a series of resolutions passed at a meeting of the engine- drivers and firemen, held this day at Stratford. The same havin.; been coesidered, the fullowing resolution was unanimously agreed to:— The directors having received at the hands of Mr. Ashcroft a copy of certain resolutions passed at a meeting of the eegine•drivers and firemen held at Stratford this day, and havieg fully considered the strue, with every disposition to treat their men fairly, regret that it is not in their power to accede to their demands. The directors having communicated with Mr. Gooch, that officer has, with their sanction, issued the notice sent herewith, and it will be a source of gratification to the board to learn that this notice has been received in a proper spirit.' "For the satisfaction of the shareholders the directors append to this statement a copy of a report which has been this day handed to them by Mr. Gooch. " TO THE CHAIRMAN AND DIRECToRS OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. "Locomotive Nod Carrisga Deprtnient, Stratf , rd, Aug. 20. " Gentlemm,—From the various statements which appear daily in the public pspers, I led it to be due both to you and to myself to explain, as concisely as I can, the stveral circumstances connected with the notice given to me by the enginenaen and firemen in your ser vice on the afternoon of Monday, the 12th inst., to re sign their kituati on 3 on the evening of Sunday, the 18th inst. " The reason they assigned for so doing, in the memo rial they presented you on the same day, was the unjust fine:;which bad been imp ose d upon t h em by me . You are fully aware that, in con d uct i ng an establishment of this character and magnitud e , t h e str i ctest di sc ipline is necessary to insure safety to th e trave lli ng pu bli c , a , well as economy to the shareholders ; i t i s w i t h grea t regret I am compelled to say that, on taking charge of this de partment of your railway a few weeks ego, I fcund the discipline throughout the whole extent in a very umatis faeory state. " Being most desirous to effect the changes which were necessary as quietly as I;could, and only gradually to introduce the same system on this railway as prevails throughout all the other leading railways, I, in every case, imposed such fines only as would act rather as a warning f .1- the future than as punishment for the offence. "I deny, most emphaticalli, that in any case has a fine been imposed for any failure of an engine which a practical man would say was beyond the common care and control of those in charge. I wish only to state, that the other fines ere imposed for not reporting,' and one case in particular, when in consequence of the ecetntric shifting, the train had to be taken a distance of five miles by horses. " Fines also have been imposed for arriving at stations with goods-trains at periods varying from une hour to half-an-hour before the appointed time, thereby endan gering their own as well as the safety of all other trains travelling over the same part cf the line. " I state distinctly that I never had any intention to reduce wages or to increase the das'e work of any man. " On receiving the instructions of the board, in conse quence of the resignation of the men, I immediately took measures to replace them by good and efficient drivers, and I am happy to say that, with the kind assistance re ceived from other railways, by yesterday morning I had engaged 77 engine , drivers, whose testimonials from their late emplo3ers will bear the closest inquiry. "I shall lay them before you to-morrow. "On Saturday evening all the trains running north of Cambridge wore worked by new men, and since yes terday morning the whole of the trains have been so worked. Knowing that the lines as well as the engines wero strange to these men, I folt it necessary to give instructions to each to use the greatest caution—to study safety before speed, and not to attempt to re gain lost time, and thereby to incur any risk. There have been several trains a good deal behind time, but these have in every case arisen from tricks having been played with the engines which could not easily be detected until they had tralleved some distance—viz.. sand mixed with the grease in the axle-boxes, oil and other injurious matter put into the water-tanks, and such other things as those only who know their effects would do. At Norwich a slight cAlision took place in backing out of the station by two engines coming to gether and causing a very trifling injury. This is an occurrence not by any na , airs peculiar to new hands. So far as the safe conduct of the trains by the new men goes I have every reason to believe that they are quite competent for the duties they have to perform; and, had they not been subject to such malicious tricks as those before mentioned, I have no doubt whatever but that the trains would have continued as punctually as before the change was made. " The precaution which has been taken of placing the inspectors of permanent way and the head guard of each train upon the engine, to point out to the driver the various stations, junctions, and signals, has worked ex ceedingly well. " Toe number of men who have been engaged will be sufficient to work all those trains which have been sus pended, and all those men not now actually employed in working trains are travelling over the various lines of the company, that they may tecome thoroughly ac quainted with them. I have, therefore, no doubt but th4t on Monday next the whole of these trains may be resumed, it you so desire it. " I have the honourto be,;&e., " J. V. Goma. " In conclusion, it must be obvious to the shareholders that the demands made by the men were such as both on public grounds and fur their interests could not be complied with. " EDWARD LADD BETTS, Chairman. " Bishopsgata Statiun. 'Aug. 20." JENNY LIND AT LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 20.—The performance of the Messiah, last night, attracted a larger audience than the first concert; upwards of 3,000 attended. Jenny Lind's singing surpassed anti c i pa ti on . Her energy and brilliant execution of " R e j o i ce grea tly," her ex pression in " He shall fe e d hi s fl ock, " her tenderness in "flow beautiful are thy f eet !" her f erv id d evo ti on in " I know that my Redeemer liveth," and her fine reading of the last air, " God be for us !" which made it a new and unexpect e d f eature, ra i se d un b oun d e d enthusiasm. The second and fourth airs were en cored. In the recitatives, besides the excellence of her vocalization, the pointed articulate mariner in which she pronounced the English words excited ge neral admiration. Signor Belletti made a highly suc cessful debut in Handers music, and produced great effect in " Why do the nations." His English was very good. The chorus was excellent, the band indifferent. Miss Williams, Miss Andrews, and Mr. Benson were the singers. M. Benedict conducted. After the oratorio the National Anthem was sung, Jenny Lind giving the two principal verses. The scene that ensued defies description. The walls of the building rever berated with the cheers. Hats, sticks, and handker chiefs were waived in every direction. The platform of the orchestra 'mai covered with bouquets and wreaths, many of which fell upon the head and shoulders of the songstress. It was a leave-taking such as Jenny Lind herself has rarely experienced in the course of her artistic life. Between the parts of the Messiah an address was read to Jenny Lind, on the part of the committee, voyage and a s p ee d y return. On the head of lauding her character an d talents, and wishing her a happy the address, which was written on vellum, were the arms of Liverpool, and at the side the arms of Sweden. M. Benedict received a handsome gold snuff-box. This morning Jenny Lind visited the hospital, where she was presented by the committee with the silver teakettle of which we have spoken, besides a splendid pair of silver candlesticks. She was after wards conducted over the new wing of the hospital, which has been added threfugh` her - exertions. A great number of Jenny Lind's admirers have hired a steamer to escort her on her Voy age as far as the North Light. She starts to-morrow morning at ten on board the steam-tender Sampson, which conveys her to the Atlantic. The boat sails at half-past five. message h as j ust been sent s a gent). Her companions are Benedict, Belletti, Mi ss Hernen sen, a relative, Mr. Hisertsberg, her s ecretary, and Mr. E `Nilsght oc r Ellclk r r . B . m a r . u A ni ' from the superintendent requesting of police t o M a d emoiselle Jenny Lind her, as a favou r , to start two hours earlier by the steam-tender, since, from the immense crowds that will be on the piers to witness her departure, and from the dangerous nature of the locality, an accident and even loss of life might be expected. Jenny Lind will, therefore, leave the Aquite privately, and cheated o f th e i r sightseeing. an will -he surprised to de l t p the i mob Hotel G Doubtless a lookers-on o u a b quarter tles s in w t o iyl l eight, be morrow morning. read this announcement of their disapp o i n t ment to- SUICIDE ON TAE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.— On Monday evening an inquest was held by M r . C. L ew i s, at the Greyhound Tavern, Lea -bridge-road, on view of the body of William Beard, aged 42, in the employment of the Go vernment small gun tactory, Enfield-lock, who committed suicide on the Eastern Counties Railway. The deceased, . who lived at Enfield with his family, had for some time past exhibited an aberration of his ment al faculties. He left his home on Thursday last. On Saturday morning he was ob served walking in Leyton marshes, near the Eastern Coun ties line, when, on the 8 A.M. express train to Hertford pro ceeding down the line, as it passed the Lea-bridge station, he attempted to go on the line. Ihe driver Bounded the whistle, upon which he started back, but when it got closer to him, he deliberately placed his head before the near wheel of the engine, by which it was immediately severed from his body. The train was promptly stopped, upon which the lifeless body of the deceased was taken to the Greyhound. Verdict—" Temporary insanity. IRON Snir JOHN GARROW.—This well-known vessel, the largest iron sailing ship afloat, which was b u ilt i n the early part of the year 1840, and has since been empl oye d on foreign voyages in tropical climates, supp ose d to be pre judicial to iron ships, has , during the last w ee k , b een care fully examined in the graving-dock. Sev era l h oles have been bored in her, and the th ickness of the Plates taken, but by the closest examination no perceptible loss c an be ;seer ' tuariltiyedo.r fifty ltis years,clear and,ttat when repairs for many years.—L i verpool Standard.,