The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-11 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. IN fELLIGENCE EX URA. IS 'E VII AUK Er SECOND DC l'OßEli MEETING, Hand 1850. hand' for the . Cesarewiteh Stakes of 25 soys. each, 13 ft. To be declared next Tuesday. Age bt. lb Ago at lb Caorz)u ...... 5 9 9 iceman Ch u""" ••••• • .. .. .......... a 9 2i Weatow 4 6 12 7-," P -0 '- day lioy • 6 8 1211. in dgrave T‘..oseack ... . 6 8 10;Copriete hP Cur ......... a 8 7 Escape 6 6 12 M l 4l of 11.ia - a . h . ......... 5 8 6 11archioness Vila 3 6 12 Ti,ussrerdwasrius 4 8 4 Agii 3 6 12 .......• 4 8 41iingdOade blitAttpur ............ .. 4 8 4 Roland T "4"111 • 5 8 4,Vesta ~,,u r.ca_ . : .......... 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Mot .. .. .................... 47 7i Lady I-m.o ff 56 7 'thglaroke 3 7 i'lloncycumb 4 6 7 Mi Aar d ...... 4 6 7 li t ell y... ..... 5 7 7 Clarissa 4 6 7 3 7 7 Wallflower II ),,,., ....... 4 6 7 0,7,-;11........... 5 7 6 Caurire a 6 7 p • '3' ............ 4 7 6 Fugitive I:lesteas . . 4 7 6 Wallace. .. .. 3 6 7 6 6 44sZtoli ............ 47 6 Van Diemen 4 Th. ' 41))11 . . . ....... 4 7 6 l'ophana 5 6 6 S ; Ni gger...,..... 9 7 6 Cheerful blivan ........... ... 5 7 6 Minimum 4 6 6 i'Vestis ....... 4 7 6 Kennington 4 6 6 vo"'aqua's ........ A 7 6CE lipue 'Wlll__ c .......... .. ... , . . • 3 6 5 . a ............. 4 7 6 I huttledown 1 1414 tho Con- ii.lonzl. sticultstierur .......... ... 37 5 Won't-you -come- 3 _ 3 t lt. elan ............ 4 7 4 ou - .-to-ni . ght ... 6 8 ne° 4 7 4 Peasant Girl : ........... , e h 40 halts ......... 47 4' Ile Swindler ki l d it erbox ......... 37 4 Ads Mary . ' 13 1 ,„ I - h " r •• • • 37 4 Flare-up ... ...... 36 2 , -......c1r ...... kileha °Ligh ...... 3 7 4!Li Ve George ..... 3 6 2 Ci o - mower 5 7 4 I Don Juan o._ ......... evorker ...... 4 7 4 1 3 eaupre Belle ... 3 4 6 6 0 0 I _ itermouth .. . ... 5 7 31 riff • irg7tdernain 47 31 Baroness Ctigietna ."•• tE b Slane out of y n ......... 5 7 Y,, l e Pits 36 0 . .ai ... ......... 3 7 2 Exotic . lit: An. .......... 4 7 2 Pa l : ll P° uat4liftilo ......... 47 2 DuxburY . 3 5 5 1 1 2 2 3 h...ta ............ 5 7 2 John of Berwick 3 3 5 12 ILAZ n juo .......... 4 7 2 Shamrock 3 5 11 13 , ........... 4 7 2 clehyranthes out 0: o.ngwaist R, Q YY L :.. 3 5 10 Candlewick 3 5 10 C oek ,_ . Wiudlass 4 7 2,Lady Eden ltilt,d7i! ......... .. 4 7 2'Sisyphus , 3 5 1 0 d e n 4 ..... 3 7 1 Rodney . 4 5 9 ri%lrrer .... Mouse 3 5 9 boo ... ..... 3 7 0 • Errant 4 5 9 al e , '... ......... 3 7 o,Kinght e h, t ............... a 7 OiLetitia tu p tit ,Y.• ... . ... . 4 7 01Mulgraye. Om er'ia.Coupe. ... 4 ' 7 Oyalcon. , • 0 3 5 7 k fis el us ............ 3 7 ci!St. George lit: 14.4 Y•••• ....... 4 7 o!Nutoracker 3 5 7 . 1 , 4 thereock ...... 5 7 o!Chief Justice iPite.ctiess . . .... 4 6 13'Calmar The Rtitt...... ..... 4 6 13Nutmeg 3 5 4 ti ll ‘ e rit ....... 3 6 13' rorpor 4 pot ........... .... 3 6 13 P S tlh ell .. ' Rabelais ti..., r .......... 4 6 12 , Sisterto Sweetmeat 3 4 9 3z7 ............ 4 6 12! Orni tt u to In the nominations " 'lnd Alp entered tve bli%ivis t .as. for this stake Musician was ice, by mistake. Ltp di HOUG ek c aP for the Getnbrld _l on ft ft. and 5 o n ly 1 " Tuesday next. (I pitch er Age st. lb. .......... . . 5 10 0 ....... .5 9 . 71 et ••• • ••... a 9 0, . 7 4tio ° GC I ..... 9 0 *% 6 *cfb isy-b .. exek Y••• 6 8 13 1 T Tf, ......... 6 8 12i u rn 'u . r .... ... .... a 8 9' )41,h14, ........... 4 8 5 ,t‘Stda°..f.; Mashatn . 5 8 4 4 1E14 "ti ........ 4 8 ,2 li ote 611 ............ 4 8 2 , r u P ti ll e e r r •••••••. 4 8 21 t v tilli on ....... 6 8 ........... .5 7 13 1 ......... 4 7 12 ............ 6 7 12 ritier.lerito .. ... ........... 4 7 1 0 1 1 1 . ,11.4 4 ,_•••••. rin abrio u e etter... 4 7 9 , lit t()r d . 4 ._ • • -3 7 9 11TON MEETING, 1850. lgeshire Stakes of 25 Boys. if forfeit be declared on or [56 Subs.) Age at. lb. Herbert IWestovr TS N o u a t m s r ll na e hn l i l ll 3 6 10 4 6 10 i ldelody Juggler Sauter la Coupe .•• 4 6 9 Sir Lannoelot 4 6 9 Compass 3 6 9 ,Penang Champion Mark Tapley 3 6 9 The Mease 3 6 8 Thringartb . 4 6 8 The Baroness 4 6 8 Clarissa .. 4 6 8 Caurire 4 6 8 Gaffer Green Beightonis. ...... Agit; ... 5 6 7 King 'of Dude 3 6 7 Kennington 4 6 7 rho Alp Woodlark Wall .ce, Kathleen Sagacity Knight of Gynn 3 6 7 Windhound 3 6 7 Longinus 3 6 7 ltickleton Fugitive King Hal Nallfl over 4 6 6 ''E lipus Bordeaux .... .... 3 6 5 Bushranger. iwindler 3 6 5 Docility Aldgate U:recht Gurforth Lsndseer . Cheerful 0............ 3 z ey . 3 4 1 104 41_ ................ ..... . *:•. 4. s la ............ 4 111 11 . ner ..... 4 pr ......... 8 er .... 11 4 1 1fi c i ....... 4 1'44 ............... 6 r 4 ,1 I RuAr ...... 4 k ik itao ........... 4 Fu 1 (1 119 v ..... 6 i!'d!rattil ...... 5 ... . ... T..... • 3 1 1:4"4 ........ ... 4 hor t , 4o or . ......... 4 7 q i l ° .............. 5 7 111: • ............ 4 7 e htt tt l eg^r ......... 5 7 t t latb ........... 3 7 f "akt• i gh vloth l er ..... 3 7 W iiii; ru r k er. • ....... 5 7 111 th e ...... 4 7 149°eror CO4- ki b 1 g t .............3 7 Attk.4l,4 ............. 4 7 Mk,....... •• • • 4 7 io le r tuuti ; ....... 3 7 0 - t )eiti % ...... 5 7 atth. i.ous ........... 3 ....... 3 7 t-Noitli- ......... 4 7 tiek : 11 03 _ 0; ...... 5 7 P P ...... 4 7 ( h 4 her ......... . • 4 7 ( P el)ek .. h . 1) 4 4t1 h 5 4 -•••• 5 7 . i 013; 4 7 oUt of ki ti c hni ... ...... 4 7 0 ii;ktatip43.ll46. ........ 4 7 011 1 1 / r ill e ... . ..... 47 0 1 14( . ....... 6 7 0 1 to;? wer ........ 7 01 e 0,4 ......... 3 7 0 1 41_ tae ..... 4 6 13' 41_ ........ 3 6 13 ' 1 ... ......... 3 6 131 tl "ti a cl'E u 3 6 121 eittittid ............. 3 6 12 1 1qt • ey . .... . ..... 4 6 12 1 ........... 4 6 12 zzatiwtee.; ......... 4 6 12 .11,11ttoe ......... 4 6 12 1 ttli t ) j°4ll);; ....... 4 6 11 ...........•4 6 11 11.,strztor ...... 3 6 I I tallItte;•• %rid th _ •• 4 6 10 ' I I A u , n otnination , 1 P Watered t‘ ti e G , 1./0 Thistledown Alonzo' 3 Clelia Tingle 3 l'eugant Girl Nlay Day 4 Beinpre 8e11e... 4 Won't-you -come out to-night Oh f by Slane out of Exotic 3 Barone's 3 Dan Juan St. George F9lcon 3 Pre,lau Penope 3 C by Gladiator out of Revival Chiel Justice ISivyphus ... 3 Lady Eden ..... 'louse Hui;rave 3 Equiris p llinight Errant California 6 1 6 0 6 0 6 0 5 12 5 12 5 12 5 12 'Ondine.. Oxford Blue 3 i Tordesillas rorpor made Safe Manifold . Rabelais . C by Ratcatcher out of Esperanzs 3 4 7 for this stake Musician was ice, by mistake. ... 3 4, 1 e IPIELD RACES.—TvicsnAr. . _ kt., soy, u P of 50 soys , added to a hand ica p of io k r. whitw" each, h ft. One m il e . (10 Subs.) w Sharp ) 1 Itth, , e Pel tir , ° ,,, r ;l''s Lady Jersey , 6at 71b ...( W . • ~ 2 1. 4 '4 'l9wlej'n'i Cheapside, 6 y?, Bst 21b ...( Marlow ) .. ..11.,„`Iaridipa,.'03achia, 6 yrs, !le, ' 1 „; ) pel 4 ;,,,l ) of 10 sovs. each, and 80 added. one mile. 1 Bst ( W hitehouse) . a 4 .f4, 4 9 hit,,,c7 4PatldlCßiek, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (W. Sharp) 2 .1 4,1% f,ebt e a t is Lady Jersey, 4 yrs, 7st 7lb 3 fbe'hoyee,7ld's Penthesilea, 4 yrs, let alb 4 ,tut.iiq'tee,,,6 '„ l4 y Day, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ... Alit," k;te t ; 6 - "ate cf 100 guineas. Heats. two miles. • 45141141.1;6 Little Jack, 3 yrs, Bst 21b ...( Nat) 2 1 2 ' lle, • 1 l'i PPler, 3 yrs, Bst 21b ~ olli er , , Won easy. 1 . 4 4, ne °St Won of 3 sovs. each and 20 added. Heats, .4 0 , . 'Over' n , one mile. (8 Sula , .) 41 "Itt li , s-,oloeytithis, 5 yrs (Charms') 1 4 1 r, c , ea , 4 3 1 2 r, tt. 'c ' d whi ,Lll ., e .'h, 4 378 4 3 3 ~, Tv. sillithrity the Blind, 4 yrs T A w. 1 1 , 44 1 , 3 , by Irish Birdcatcber, 1. . Zll-`tateb -#L4,IIFFE RACES. —M"DAY. 5 added. 3 yrs 2 2 dr „It tl e eeo lu i e l "k Stakes of 3 sovs each, andrA2subs ) t 4l p:ll t aspi t i n ;',o sa V 0 his stake. One . flak. k, b - b - s - N . ' 1 r . „,!'ll'Ortili: li Tu itY, 2 yrs, Sat 5,b ...... (T. vo ... ./. ,ladle G . ()Mauer, 6 yrs, 9st 41b 3 , 4m,y, i_ulliver, 4 yrs, Bst 12Ib 101)„,,1t1eg..„,',441dY Speedy, 3 3rs 7se 41b 4 l' h; "• ' t e 4 on unitY, - wli ' o won easy by three kl 1' ,7 1 Y a , % ,to r d . e -. T l ,* —B'old Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 30 cap'cap . 'Of a `.'e second to save his stake. Torre qua" 2. t ilir t4l6 ' (6 Sub ) , 4 . 4 1 t. s-`l44.:::',",r'a 114dtme & Wharton, Bst 51b ... ( Oates) 1 2 mit., . 1 9 yea tt , Jue Love Bst 21b . ~ntbes, 3 01,1rptrett ' 8 21b th" ' Emi t *, 3t 4 'tree I, g.... 5 t 7 Hen, 6st 2lb he li t , Nh, e 2 on Madame Wharton. Won easy by l, 'lt • 14 qh, 1 64 Cu del 10 i t, 14 P of 1 00/. added to a handicap of 15 sots. utl,, i his it , 5 only if dtclared. The second to LIP. It:!' d.) e • Two miles and a dis. (21 Subs., 11 i i t t • fl•k id' e el° .. . 0.. t ., oria,,,. p"orker, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (J. Haw) I ;141% ettrbb,,l o. ..41Y Ilyltia, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Abdale) 2 t. ht ;' , llip'„ Q : alade Safe, 3 yrs, sst 111b...(Iliet;) 3 v, is ► "Ph,.,1,611eral S ale, 4 yrs, Tat 91b (Evans) 4 bats 4 4 tk ele it, 41P. yrs, Sat lib (J. Osborne) 5 l s )10 Brad wardine, 3 yrs, Sat 51b (Gorse) 6 1 4 R;t s cl e 1 ag t : t 4.:41 Clothworker. 2 to 1 agst Made W " e vr s i ` ll , 7to 1 apt Lady Hylda, and Bto I,l l qn elk, Sale. arty b 614 tk eat b ,,, x.. 7 ab out three p arts o f a l engt h, L a d y mrtUski;at, m ' a ct) Safe by alen g th. The pace was L. WEDNESDA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER. fI 1850. having executed the manoeuvre in one min. 30 secs., and the others in a few seconds less. This may be said to have been done very smartly. The next signal was to " furl" from bowline., &c., and here the In flexible, 100, soon began to establish her character as the coq de l'escadre by besting the other vessels by a few seconds—the whole time occupied in the opera tion being one min. 58 secs. Soon after two o'clock the ships began to obey the signal " Clear for action," which they did with great celerity, but with a good deal of noise also. The drums beat to quarters, the fire buckets lanyards were rove, and the buckets slung, the tops were crowded with the armed sailors, protected by tarpeul ings triced up around them, and the guns were all run out from the ports—the whole being done in a smart sailor-like manner, but not with unusual quick ness. In another instant the whole fleet opened a most tremendous (although it was a blank) fire,which was remarkabl e for regularity and rapidity. It WSB of the character technically called " general firing by divisions," and it certainly showed the French sailors to be expert gunners. The musketry from the tops was not so good as might have been expected; as a sight it was magnificent. At last, after an im mense expendi ure of guni owd. r, the firing con. cludsd. In a few moments the signal was given to man the boats, which p us h e d o ff i n divisions to re present an a tt ac k on the steamer Descartes. Thi s was a beautif u l p art o f the evolu ti ons. U pwar d s o f 55 boats, with heavy guns (321 b. carronades gene rally) in the bow, filled with small-arm men, officers, and sailors, pushed out in excellent order after pre paring for nearly half an hour for the attack. For some time they advanced towards the steamer with great regularity, the bow guns being fired with quickness, and the musketry spattering away from every boat in a continuous roll, so that the advance soon became obscured by the smoke. Meantime the Descartes replied by repeated discharges of her heavy guns, and by a continuous rattle of small arms from tops, bulwark, and paddle-box platform. After the boats had pulled for aboat 600 yards their progress be came irregular and unsteady, the firing became broken, the order somewhat confused, but every officer of ex perience knows it to be very difficult to manage such very extensive operations, without great practice, in boats not accustomed to work together. The shout ing and talking in the boats was very great, and the signals from the Admiral did not appear to be plainly discernible to the boats, till the recal was ' hoisted and the boats pulled away from the victo rious steamer. The whole of the evolutions con cluded about five o'clock. Sir Thomas Cochrane, Sir Charles Napier, Captain Chads, Captain Mundy, Cap tain Jones, Captain Seymour, Sir G. Lyons, Captain Hall, dined with the President on board the Fried land, and all the captains and senior officers of the fleet were invited on the occasion. The ban quet was laid out on the deck, which was very tastefully decorated. About 130 persons were present. After dinner the Admiral Descbenes proposed " the health of the President" in a civil speech. The Pre sident shortly replied, and in doing so paid a neatly turned compliment to the naval officers, English and French, observing, with respect to the French navy, that if it bad not always been crowned with laurels, its cypress was still full of honours. There was no enthusiasm in his reception by the officers. It is un derstood that the fleet will not sail till the 15th. A grand display of fireworks took place at night, and the President left for the shore under a salute about half-past 9 o'clock. CHERBOURG, MONDAY, SEPT. 10.—The President up to the time of my departure had not visited the fleet, but it was generally understood that he would proceed on board early in the day, and accompany the Admiral in a cruise outside the Digue, when the vessels would represent the manceuvres of beating to windward in two divisions, and then engaging in action. This, however, rests on mere hearsay, and as the weather is freshening a little, and the soft wind is roughening into a breeze, it is probable that the President will consult the comfort of his inner man, as well as the dignity o f his office, and stay on shore. In leaving this port, now deserted by nearly every English flag, it may be pardoned if I make a few remarks on the place it self and on the fleet which has been as sembled here so long. With the exception of wandering yachtmen and a few inquisitive naval officers—for the service possesses some officers who look to the coast of France sometimes, and do not for ever regard the shores of India and America—there are not many Englishmen who know that within less than 66 miles of Ports mouth there is a French port in which the most ex tensive works have been for years carried on till na ture has given way to the resources of skill and in finite art, and, the sea and land alike overcome, have yielded to our ancient foe one great naval entrepot placed in a direct line with our greatest dockyard., fortified at an enormous cost, till it is impregnable to everything but desperate daring and lucky hardihood, increasing day after day in force and power, accessible from every point of the compass and at all states of the tide to a friendly fleet, capable of crushing be neath an almost irresistible fire the most formidable of hostile armaments—in one word, " the eye to watch, and the arm to strike the ancient enemy." There is no geographical necessity for such a port opposite to our coast. The commerce of France does not need it. Cherbourg is not visited by the trader and merchantman.; but not Brest, nor Rochefort, nor Toulon, is now so much regarded or looked upon as of such importance. Our neighbours may well remark that they are justified in protecting a place which has already felt the force of our arms, and that they are bound to protect Cherbourg from such a con tingency as that which occurred in the last century, when Admiral Bligh laid it in ruins; but Admiral Bligh would not have attacked Cherbourg had it not been a menacing warlike station ; and, talk as they may, there can be no doubt that the whole of these im • mense works are prepared for a war with England, and with England alone. When I say this, of course Ido not mean to say that France will take any unjust ad vantage of her position ; but we ought not to shut our eyes to the fact that such a place is within seven or eight hours' sail of England, and that a French fleet leaving it in the evening with a leading wind could be off Portsmouth next morning, and could bombard any of our towns on the southern coast. Cherbourg is then a " war port," and not only that, but it is an English IN BE port, and the first event of a hostile character which takes place, if any unhappy disturb ance of our friendly relations with the republic should occur, will in all probability be connected with that important and commanding station. It lies in a sort of bay into which a strong sea and tideway ran formerly from Cape La Hogue, so as to neutralize the rare advantage on that coast of deep water and excellent moorings. To raise it to the charac ter of a safe harbour has been the constant effort of many French kings since the days of Louis XIV., and many ingenious engineers have propounded plans for the successful construction of a great breakwater across the bay. Year after year this break water has risen up, piled up by the ceaseless labours of thousands of men from the very bosom of the ocean; oftentime s the gale of a night would break up and destroy the work of many months, scattering great rocks like sand, and drowning whole troops of soldiers and workmen. At last Napoleon visited the place, and took in at a glance the importance of its position 'Titanic with energy as regard e d hi s unrelenting foe. With his tlsila but he hurried on the work s t ill speedilytthe they rose i n ponderous masses above the waters, imbecile Government that suc ceeded him they were allowed to stand still, and to Louis Philippe belongs the credit of having advanced to a state bordering on completion this enormous un dertaking. It is far greater than:the Plymouth break water, being about 2i miles long, nearly one -half again some progress ha s b een as broad, and one-third again as d eep as that noble w structure. At either end will be pl aced heavy forts, t m o a a d ei e r , d a s nd the in er t e h c e tion of centre hi light house, which is early ready fur th e reception of all its guns, some being already mounted an d i n the em brasures. This breakwater, called t h e Digue, is about two miles from the interior ha r b our. Inside and out there is deep water, and the is ach large battery w i t h passages leading by either extremity are capable of being used by the largest man-of-war at all times of tide. Command ing one of these entrances is the Fort Hornet, placed on a pr ejection of the shore, and mounting no less than 90 heavy guns, casemated. On an island placed across the other entrance is the Fort La PelCie, which also mounts 90 heavy guns, the fire of some of which crosses the fire of the guns of Hornet at right angles in the roads. At another point commanding the entrance is another fort—Querqueville—which can sweep the roads with the fire of 40 32-pound shell guns. As if all this were not enough, the arsenal walls are casemated and mounted with cannon, and every height over the town is commanded by a fort, while the sea walls Present all the features of a regular fortification, and are plentifully provided with cannon and case mated redoubts. In facts, an attack by open day on such a place would be madness. These batteries could blow a fleet out cf the water ; and, even if the forts were carried by a coup-dc-main —n thing in it self almost to be despaired of—the victors would be molested in their dearly -won defence by shells from the heights above. Should this great arsenal ever be attacked success must be final and speedy, or an awful lesson will be taught the assailants. As the French themselves say , it will he very easy to get into Cher bo urg, but once iu the roads, if an enemy, there are terrible chances against your getting out. The town itself effers nothing remarkable : the works which defend it are not yet finished, but appear to be in course of completion. Inside the piers to the west are the arsenal works. The dockyards do not offer any very remarkable pic ture of activity to one who has see n our t grea esta blishments at Woolwich rued Portsmouth, and it struck me there was, a want of steam power whic h told against the rapidity of the turning', cuttin and mast-making operations. The yard is entire ly 511 - rounded by a strong wall. The most striking works are the great basins inside, carved out of the solid rock, 32 feet deep at low water, and capable of containing 20 ia s sail of the lin e a l ongs id e . A third, of greater dinsen bsia°snins's a is ble fo t r o tyke ming' so that inmore thaw bou s vessels with perfect ease! There are six buildi ng at Cher t r h g irt n y il fi l rs contai n tc slips, which are thus occupied—Nos. 1 and 2 by the Canada and Infernal, first-class steamers; No. 3 by the Austerlitz, 100; No. 4 by the Resolue, 40; No. sby the Tilsit, 90; No. 6, empty. When 1 visited the yard there were no works in progress, but gene rally there is no difficulty in a respectable stranger obtaining admission, at the time of work, on applica tion to the authorities. They do not build their steam engines here—indeed, most of the French steamers are provided with steam-engines from Hol land, but all other naval works are carried on to a great extent at Cherbourg. Aod now one word as to fl vet. I believe I only echo the opinions of all the naval officers present when I say that France never sent a finer armament on the waters. Every improvement of wl.ich ships are capable has been tried with them, and even to such points as new and very ex cellent "stops" on the cables has the minutest attention been paid. The officers are all excellent theorists, quick and intelligent men, and full of mathematics ; the crews for the most part young, with a want of weight and " beef" about them, but smart, active, and sinewy. Some of them are conscripts, but that d.)es not hinder their being zealous and obedient. Since the republic was established flogging has been abolished, and minor punishments have become tolerably frequent. Tney are served with about a gla&s of braraly and two glasses of wine (ordinaire) each day. Their messes are small, the table uncom fortable ; his ship is not the French sailor's home, and the little comforts of having his cans and cups and saucers with him are not allowed to him as to the British sailor, his mess traps being taken away and put up after meals below deck. The space for hammocks is rather limited, not being more than 14 inches for boys, and 18 to 19 inches for men; but they have an advantage in possessing (each of them) a separate box, accessible to the owner at all reasonable times; so that theft of necessaries and wearing appa rel can scarcely occur. The dress they have copied from us altogether—wide trousers, without braces, tight over the hips, white or blue jackets, turndown collar, round hat, with the name of the ship on the riband. Perhaps they imitate our swagger, too. They are too fond of talking when aloft, but are very quick when out on the yards, and handle small arms with dexterity. If a message is given to a sailor, he takes it direct to the captain, whom he generally ad dresses bluntly enough, and does not send it through an officer. The dress of the officers does not resemble ours so much as that of the men, but the same system prevails of marking grades of rank by the depth and numbers of rows of lace, by epaulettes, &c. One very ugly custom they still retain, which is that of fasten ing up their cadets and enseignes de vaisseau with aiguillettes and tags like footmen. The Friedland, 120, flag of Admiral Deschenes, is an old but serviceable ship; she carries 1,184 men, and stows all her provisions,. water, &c., with case ; roomy between decks, but rather too little space be tween each gun. The Admiral is a mild gentle manly men, a kind good officer, who has seen service against Nelson._ in. the old war. He is said to be an admirer of Joinville, and not as friend of the revolu dm His speech, on proposing the President's health, was certainly cold. The armament consists of long and heavy French 301 b. (equal to English 341 b.) guns, with some 68's on the main deck. The Vainly, 120 (flag of Admiral Dubourdieu), is an immense vessel. Reckoning all her flats the has no less than six decks (including the orlop and a lower orlop deck). She was originally pierced for 140 guns, but would not "stand up" at all when launched, so that they were obliged to double her, which gives her a swelling outline to the water line. She has a handsome round stern, with splendid galleries (the Friedland has a stern of the old cut), carries 1,160 men, and has no less than 18 841 b. guns on her main deck. From her great height out of the water she would give her opponent a great deal of trouble, not to speak of her other sources of annoyance. The cabins are nicely fitted up. The French Government is far more liberal to its captains than we are, for it gives them very neatly-furnished cabins gratis. What a row Mr. Cobden or good Mr. Hume would make, if they heard of en aristocratic commander getting a dockyard deal table into his ship for nothing I The Henri IV.—an ominious name among all these Republican sisters—has never yet been to sea, but it is a very fine looking three-decker of 109 guns, with 1,021 men. Indeed, there is not one of them (the Jena, 92, 967 men, the Je mappes, 100, 1,000 men, the Jupiter, 92, 980 men , Hercule, 100, 995 men, Alinerve, 60, 600 men, for gunnery practice), which would not be able to take her own part in sailing or fighting. I was near for getting the Inflsxible, 100, which is the crack ship of the fleet, and is equal to our smartest vessels in most manoeuvres in harbour. There is a great deal of brass work About the ships, and a good deal of our old po lishing system is still maintained. Admiral Dubour dieu, a stern, grim, silent old officer, who lost an arm at Navarino, when in command of a small frigate, is said to have a weakness in favour of rubbing up cannon balls and nailheads. Certainly his ship is as bright as a new pin. The steamers are by no means handsome, but they are better—they are good. The use of long pivot guns on the upper deck is entirely discarded—if, in deed, it was ever adopted ; but instead they have very heavy batteries at the bow and stern on the main deck, so as to be very useful in sailing to or from an enemy in a direct line. The Descartes, the largest steamer they have except the Mogador, is of 540- horse power, can work up to 650—her engines, made in Holland, weigh 700 tons, consumption of coals 60 tons per diem, steam for ten days—has carried 2,000 troops, it is said, and can go ten knots an hour ; her porta are nearly six feet out of*water with all stores on board She has eight guns on deck—on upper deck, six 8 inch shell guns and two 32-pounders ; on main deck has the same armament; was pierced for 3S guns, but only carries 16 ; her scantling is 18 1 6 thec,a car ri es e s Retribu tion hoonl inches (that of the Terrible is 2 feet). With the ex ception of the Terrible, Sidon, and Retribution, we have no such steamers in our service. To give some li a l d t ) lllll p l o o u r ti r t a i s d y mo l g h tl u a t n h t : rr losupo)nhadv power). er main Magellan 2 pou n d ; (engines s c nt 1 i n , y ty t hs h eB a si nne vessels l h ev e aelsloffo r the eo Descartes, particularfo r h c a e v a i n n g d 1 foot 8 in ches; engine, 400-horse (can work to k s eo e t i t fh e o s s er e r rvice, but has been found very remark. Any of your readers capable of forming an real value of this tremendous fleet. justosbd, :2reiu t pnvno a nnejeiocrod f ,bc: o ndhouaog r moebifmul C rcl tnems o lkae). l co mparison , 031: commissioned se(Ods no COURT CIRCULAR. B tron de Rehausen, the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, transacted business yesterday, at the Fo reign -office. Kemal Effendi, inspector -general of schools in tee Ottoman Empire, has arrived from Constaninople the Turkish Embassy, in Bryanston-zqusre. Dispatches from the Governor of Canada, and also from the Governors of the other North American Colonies, were received yesterday at the Colonial office. GLEN TILT.—The Duke of Athol is not yet done with the shutting up of Glen Tilt. Notwithstanding the recent decision of the Court of Session in favour of the open ing of the pass, it has this season been more carefully guarded than ever. It was only last week that a highly respectable party from Braemar were turned back by one of the Duke's rdenials and told th a t w i t h out a line from his Grace no one could be permitted to pass on. And these lines of admission are gone about in the most business-like way imaginaLle." 'lhey are regularly-printed cheques, evidently torn from a book kept for the purpose, with the name of the fortunate holder inserted on a blank line, and thereafter the " open sesam e " o f A t h o l appended to the precious document. We saw one in the possession of an individual who got it through the intervention of a friend, which, enables us to speak definitely on the subject. The matter must be kept before the country, as public interests are deeply interwoven with it.. Especially at this period of the year is the prohibition a great annoyance to many an intel lig .nt tourist, and the Ouke of Athol must be taught to feel that he is sacrificing both his good name and his money (neither of which, we understand, are super abundant) in a game is which he will ultimately be the loser. We believe the Duke states that the decision of the Court of Session only has the effect of throw ing open Glen Tilt to the three gentlemen who were pursuers in the action against him, so that, by his Grace's under standing of the finding of their Lordships, our townsman. Mr. Torrie, is one of three gentlemen, who of all broad Scotland. or England either for that matter, are alone en titled to roam at large in this romantic district without a line from the Duke of Athol, to produce at every other turning of the road. We are sure that not a few have envied Mr. Torde'agood fortune within the past few weeks , and we can only hope that it will b e t h e i r turn next . —Aberdeen Banner Tun DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S ANNUITY. —The first quarter's payment of the Duke of Cambridge's annuity of 12,0001., secured by the Act passed on the 14th ult. (13th and 14th Victoria, cap. 77), will become payable on the 10th of next month, which annuity is to cease if he should become Sovereign of any f, , reign state. The annuity of 3,000/, to the Princess Mary of Cambridge is secured by the same Act. THE HON. AND Ignatius REV. AI R. SPENCER. Father (Mr. Spencer) is at present on a the northern district, an d h as, during the last forttour nirrht, in been preaching a t Sunderland Shiehls, and Newcastle. The Reverend G ent l eman , habited in the full costume of nis order, attracted the notice of crowds who have flocked to the chapels to listen to his discourtes. On the railway line he always travels by the third or poor-class carriages; notwith standing, he has been remarkably well received by strangers who know little about his sacred mission. The subject of the Reverend Gentleman's lectures is mainly on the conversion of Engl an d , whieh, he argues, may be accomplished by the prayers of the faithful —an object which he has been pursu ing for the last twelve years. Father Ignatius, we under stand, in future will not be confined to a parish or district, but, with his order, will travel about the country, preaching wherever a u di ences can be got to listen to the truth, whether in chapel, lane, street, or highway.—Tablet. The Liverpool Chronicle says that rumours prevail at Bolton that Sir Joshua Walmsley has accepted ofUce under the Government, which would render neemry Lis WilleCtiott for that torah THE ARMY. ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, SEPT. DI Twelve non-commissioned officers of the Life Guards and several of their friends paid a visit to the garri son this morning to view the Royal Arsenal and the Royal Military Repository, and they were also ad mitted into the Mortar Battery, to witness the prac tice then going on. These non-commissioned officers recently played a game of cricket with the non-com missioned officers of the Royal Artillery, on Wool wich-common, and were entertained at dinner by the latter. The non-commissioned officers of the Life Gaards give their return dinner this evening at the Brunswick Hotel, Blackwall. Dinner on table at four o'clock. It is pleasing to notice the friendly feeling which exists between the non-commissioned officers of these branches of her Maj-sty's service. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUT H SEPT. 10.—Tn e St rom b o li steam sloop, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclvrk, returned to Spithead from Liverpool this morning, and was in spected this afternoon prior to coming into harbour to be paid off. Admiral Mackau, the ex-Minister of French Ma rine, went on b mrd the Excellent to-day to witnes, the shot and shell practice from that ship. Captain Chads did the honours with his usual cordiality, and the gallant stranger left under a salute of 15 guns, highly gratified with his reception and inspection. The Caradoc steam-packet, Lieutenant- Commander Ladd, arrived this morning from Holyhead, and came into harbour to be !mid off. The Fire Queen steam-yacht was put out of com mission to-day. Tbe Maiden Plate of 251., added .to a sweepstake , of THE TRENCH PRESIDENT AT 3 EOM each, tee second to save his stake, one mile and a CHERBOURG. half (7 Subs.), was won in four heats by Mr. Dubson'a (From the Times ) b fby Jerry, 3 ars, Est 101 b (Osborne). beating M r . Owen ei Conscript, 3 yrs, 7st, Mr. Peeree's Repulse, 5 yrs, tAIERBOURG, SATURDAY NIGHT. —The spectacle of Set 81b, and lour others, af er flue race. to-day was perhaps one of the most splendid of its TUF.SDAY. kiwi that has been ever witnessel. Nothing short of The Etewarde' Cup of 401., added to a Handicap of 5 the terrible glories of actual warfare could have ex sovs. each; the second saves his stake- One mile. ceeded and, without being an alartniet, I may (16 Subs.) safely say that the effect made on the mind of an Mr. Osborne's Lady Hylda, 6 yre, 74 131 b (Baykal') 1 Englishman by such a display of force and power on 2 th e p a rt o f an a ll y w h o h es b een our bi tterest f oe i n Mr. G. Barton's Tidy, 3 yrs , s et B th Mr. Cotgreaves's Abbess o! Jerveau , 3 yrs, 54 61b 3 times gone by, in a p ar t a l mos t i m p regna bl e , an d Mr. Heap's Brown Fly , mg( d , 7 st 81 b , and Mr. Camp - with'.n a few hour s ' sa il o f th e s h ore o f G rea t B r it a i n , bell's Made Safe, 3 ire, est, also started. Won by a was not calculat e d t o p u t hi m a t ease . At eig h t length. o'clock (and in justic e to our co untrymen I mustlock, usual ! all the yachts and the men-of-war The Radcliffe St. Leger of 5 sore , each, and 25 added. o The winner to be sold fur 2001., &e. One mile and a half. say that they have add e d i n no sma ll d eg r ee t o th e Mr. Osborne's Snowdrift, 7st 71b (Osborne, jun.) 1 magnificence of the w h o l e sight), the yachts which Mr. Deviee's Pansey, 7st 2lb Mr. Bend's As cheres,, 7st 21b A good race. contrast to the comparatively scanty display of The Lancashire S'akes of 5 soya. ea ch, and 25 added. bunting on board the men- of-wer. The harbour The winner to be sold for 2)01. if demanded, and the was alive with boats, and all the landing I p aces !e ,ond to save his stake. Twice round and a dis. were crowded with officers landing and embarking. Mr. Kemp na General Sale, 4 yrs (Davenport) 1 On all sidee towered the Norman caps of the peas an t Mr. B nun's Little Queen, 4 ra girls and townswom e n aroun d y ou , i n t erm i xe d w ith 5 ... Mr. Baron's Clara, 6 yrs Won by a Heel..shekoes and h e lm e t s or lit t l e s hi n y t arpau li ng BET TING AT MANCHESTER.--.TUESDAY. hats surmounting the excited face of some honest GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES.-5 to 1 nest Mark Tap- Briton. The drums rattled away in every street, l e y, sto I sags( S.rongbow, sto 1 agst Minimum (ta:se beating the Assembles of the National Guards, a n d 6to 1), Bto 1 agst The Castle (taken), 10 to 1 agit the trumpet blast calling to horse sounded inces- Uriel (offers to take), 10 to 1 agA Cbampion, 15 to 1 aantly through the air, while bayonets glistened apt Baroness. brightly above the heads of the multitude, or the in- LEGER.-6 to 5 agst Voltigeur (taken), 5 to 1 fantry wheeled about to their different quarters. The eget Pitstord, 6to 1. agat Windischgratz (taken), 7to 1 sailors seem to think our English bluntness is de agst Beehun'er (taken), 15 to 1 agst Cyprus (taken), sirable, but it does not sit well on Frenchmen ; and 500 to 30 agat Cbatterbox (taken), 33 to 1 eget William though the officers are very civil, and take a great the Conqueror, 35 to 1 agst Marchioness D'Eu, 1 , 000 to 10 agst The Italian. pride in showing their ships, they are scarcely suc h DERBY.—Nothing done. favourites as the soldiery. N o t th e least i n t e r es ti ng incident of the day was the appearance in the streets of some old soldiers of the Empire, who had put on their long-neglected uniforms in order to be presented to the President. One veteran of*the Imperial guard was a model study for a painter—a genuine vicux moustache, who, saved from the blcody fields of Aus terlitz, Jena, and Wagram—from the snows of Russia and from the fatal sabres of Waterloo, had emerged from his quiet home to gaze on the nephew of his adored leader. Tall, erect, and firm, the fine old fellow passed one in his cocked hat, his close-buttoned coat decorated with a well-won cross of the Legion, white knee breeches, and black gaiters, the type of a race that has nearly passed away, while the crowd let him pass as if he were a king. At nine o'clock a regatta took place for row-boats outside the piers, which excited great interest. When the regatta was over, all the world prepared for the great event, which was the President's visit to the fleet. Gradually all the men-of- war boats drew off to their ships, the officers got on board, and all communication with the shore was forbidden, so that the harbour and roads became comparatively deserted. The President paid a visit to the dockyards in the forenoon and spent some time there ; and for a couple of hours the crowded piers and beach, yachts and fleet, were in a state of intense expectation. It was now one o'clock, and as the clock struck a splene did galley shot out into the harbour from the dock yard. On the instant all the volcanic energies of the world seemed let loose. Forts, ships, and batteries burst into terrific life, and belched forth volumes of bright flame, dense rolling smoke, and crashing sound. The very air and water trembled—the decks of stout steamers shook under the feet like aspens. Com mencing with the lower-deck tiers, and iring each gun at the interval of half a second—almost as quick, indeed, as a rolling fire of musketry—line-of-battle ships, frigates, and steamers fired every gun they car ried, charged well home, in a thundering salvo. The President, it appears, is entitled to a salute of 101 guns. Just imagine the awful thunder I A whole fleet vomiting out from deck to deck its entire broadside, almost as hard as the guns could fire, and powerful forts, perched on hill-sides, projecting capes, or crouched on low-lying shores, smashing away from their embrasures till the view was obscured by a heaving mountain of white smoke. At last the deafening din ceased, and as " the war cloud" passed away, slowly drifting along in the gentle breeze, the topgallant-masts and upper yards of the men. of-war came into sight again by degrees, and at last the shrouds and dark hulls and the waving ensigns loomed dimly through the lessening obscurity. The comp d'ceil was superh_,at this moment—the men of-war, steamers, and yachts manned yards, and strains of music rose on all sides. In the state barge—a very handsome boat, painted white and blue, with gold mouldings, beautifully-decorated stern and prow, and raised scroll figurehead—was seated the President 3f the Republic, under a canopy of purple cloth, in advance of which waved the tricolour from a lofty flagstaff; beside him were seated several officers and gentlemen, among whom was the Earl of Wilton (with whom, I believe, M. Louis Napoleon was on intimate terms during his residence in England). A captain stood up by the steersman to con the barge, which swept on with a proud, slow stroke, im pelled by 24 well-handled oars, till she gained the side ; of the Friedland (flag, Admiral Deachenes), 120. As the President ascended the ladder and was received by Admiral Deschenes, the whole fl , et joined in three loud cheers (fur they have taken the fashion from us). I hare heard that they cried " Vive Napoleon 1" and " Vive le President !" and " Vive l'Empereur!" in some instances, but I was too far off to vouch for the fact, and several officers stated the general cry of the fleet was "Vive la Republique !" Indeed, among many of those with whom I here spoken there appears to have been a great change of opinion l as to the President since his arrival. The Prince de Joinville was a great favourite with the navy, but the President has now gained a fiir share of their goodwill. From the Friedland the President 1 proceeded to the Valmy (140) (flag, Admiral Du- l bourdieu), and thence to the other men-of-war. As he left and reached each ship the yards were manned and the men cheered three times. The time wore away slowly, as the President inspected every vessel very minutely, and it was past 5 o'clock before he reached the Minerve (60), which is the French gun nery-ship. Here the guns were cast loose, and some practice took place at targets moored about 500 yards off in the sea, both shell awl ball, but so far as could be seen, they did nothing which the Excellent need be at all afrai I off. After he had left the Minarets, the President proceeded on board the Xarifa schooner, I Lord Wilton's yacht, and having stayed for some minutes below, embarked, under manned yards, and paid a visit to the Enchantress, the Earl of Cardigan, where he also remained for a short pe riod. As soon as it was evident the visit to the fleet was over, and that he was return ing on shore, the vessels repeated the full j salute, the effect of which was, if possible, increased by repetition, while the regularity of the firing was even greater than before ; the Xarifa also fired a salute in very good style. The President disembarked at the dockyard, and proceeded to dine with the Ministers at the Prefecture de la Marine. Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, Sir C. Napier, Captain Mundy, and other English officers, dined with the French Admiral Du bourdieu, on board the Valmy at half past five o'clock. In the evening a ball was given in a spacious hall outside the arsenal to the President by the municipal body of Cherbourg, at which some 4,000 or 5.000 persons were present. The President only stayed for about half an hour, but during his stay he conveyed through Sir T. Cochrane an invitation to the senior British officers to dine with him to-morrow on board the Admiral's ship (Friedland, 120), when all the commandants, captains, and lieutenants of the French fleet will also be present. Nothing can be more attentive than the conduct of the French to the British officers who have come over here. The ball was a frightful scene of smother, heat, and dancing under difficulties, and had not terminated at 12 o'clock. Most of the yachts have prepared for sailing in the morning, and orders have been given for all French officers to get on board their ships, so that it is probable the fleet may put to sea for exercise to - morrow. MONDAY MORNING.—AS a matter of course, the really busy and active day of the week on board the squadron was on Sunday, but whether from a regard to the national character, or to a favourable wind, it so happened that very few of the English yachts re mained for the spectacle, and Lord Wilton and Lord Cardigan having had appointments in England which obliged them to go on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning, the Xarifa and Enchantress weighed and were speedily followed by the large majority of the vessels of the royal• squadron and other squadrons pre sent. At 9 o'clock the Pregdent went on board the Friedland (120), but, no salute was fired, as it was elevationmerely going of ontheboairidostto theat tend flags were all lowered , and . the Friedland fired her unde understood d in t a h e a s t . h Ate wa the lower deck guns at inter v a ls of a second, which gave a very imposing character to the scene. The Presi dents then proceeded to the business of the day, and taking the vessels in the order in which he left off his visit yesterday, went round the steamers, where he was received with manned yards and cheers which did not convey any political sentiment, the general cry being a mere " vive," or " viva. On his return to the Friedland after the inlrction the fleet got into readiness for exercising. The boats pulled off from ebore and ranged up astern of their respective vessels, the Eoglish officers who had been invited by the Pre sident to go on board the Admiral's vessel to witness the evolutions and to dine with him after wards went off about half-past one o'clock• to the Friedland—Sir T. Cochrane, Sir C. Napier, Captain Chads, Captain M. Seymour, Captain R. Mundy, Captain Hall, Captain Jones, &c.—and the practice commenced. The first signal from the Admiral was to let fall loose sails and bowlines. It appeared that the men took rather a long time in getting up the rigging to the yards, but the rattling on board the French man-of-war are not so commodiously ar ranged for this purpose as with us. In less than two minutes the whole fleet was a crowd of sail hang ing loosely from the yards—the Jernsppes, 100, CRICKET. ELEVEN PLAYERS OF SURREY v. SIXTEEN GENTLEMEN OF THE SURREY CLUB AND COUNTY. This match was brought to its conclusion yesterday at the Oval. It will be seen that the Players, having re sumed their innings, were not disposed of until they had run up their score to 203. At the conclusion of the da) it w.ts determined that the match should be drawn, a proposition which was carried out. The final score, therefore, stood as follows: THE GENTLEMEN. Second Inning. First Innings. Mr. H. Gardner, 1 b w, b Brockwell ... . ... .......... 1 run out ....• 23 Mr. G. Crawley, b Sherman. 0 b Holledge ... ..... ..... 1 Mr. C. Coltson, c and b Brock well . .. .. 6 b Holledge ... 7 Mr. E. Ripley, b Sherman.... 6 c Hunt, b Harwood.... 7 Mr. W. Piper, c Lockyer, b Brockwcil ... l5 c Brockwell Mr. F. P. Miller, c Matlock... 4 b Holledge l2 Mr. H. Watson, , c Lockyer... 8 b Harwood ...... ... Mr. E. W. Vyse, hit wicket. 0 a Lockyer, b Holledge 0 Mr.W.Walmesley,b Sherman 0 b Harwood 3 Mr. C. Hart, not out Mr. J. Davis, b sherman 0 s Lockyer, b Brockwell 11 Mr. W. Denison, b Brockwell 0 Mr. IV. Page, c Lockyer, b Sherman .. •.. 0 Mr.W. Houghton, b Brockwell 0 c Heath, b Brockwell.. 4 White, absent Captain , ni, 0 not out .. l2 Mr. J. Daley 1 L b 9, w 4 .. 13 Leg byes ... ___. Total THE PLAYERS. Sherman, c Crawley, b Coltson ... ........ ... 93 J. Bayley, c Denison, b Coltson Heath, c Miller, b Gardner lB Brockwell, c Miller, b Walmsley.. 1 Lockyer, c Gardner, b Coltson. W. Matlock, b Miller Hunt, b Miller 14 Harwood, c Watson, b Coltson Holledge, c Walmsley, b Coltson 4 Plank, b Miller 0 Scott, not out 0 31 Byes 11, leg byes 5, wide 17 ...... Total ....... 203 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—Permit me to request the favour of your pub• lieation, at your earliest convenience, of the annexed letter to the projectors, invited by advertisement in the public journals of the day, to send in plans for the drainage, &c., of the metropolis, to the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, RICHARD DOVER. 28, New-street, Spring-gardens, Sept. 10. To the Gentlemen who, having been invited so to do, sent in Plans for the Drainage, &c., of the Metropolis, to the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers. Gentlemen,—l beg to propose that we should have a public meeting for the following purposes :- 1. To consider whether the - projectors have been treated with justice, with reference to our several plans, by the Commissioners. 2. Whether it is just towards us that the expenses of preparing the plans of Captain Vetch, one of their own body, should have been paid for out of the sewers rates. 3. To ascertain what portion or portions of any scheme or schemes, forwarded by Us projectors to the Commissioners have been plagiarised. 4. To inquire whether the cost of Captain Vetch's scheme for "improving the water supply of the me tropolis" was paid out of the sewers-rates ;if so, by what authority. Because we mly infer from the unrefuted statement of Mr. Tabberner in the Daily News, on the Bth ult , that the expenses of both his (Captain Vetch's) drainage and water schemes were paid out of said public fund. And, lastly, That all said projectors of plans for drainage, sewerage, &c., of the metropolis meet pub licly for the purpose of taking such steps as the jus tice of the case may require. Awaiting your several replier, I am, Gentlemen, Your very obedient servant, RICHARD DOVER. 28, New-street, Spring-gardens, Sept. 10. IRELAND. DEATH OF CHIEF JUSTICE DOHERTY'. DUBLIN, SEPT. 10.—The passengers by the Holy head boat, which arrived at Kingstown this morning, state-that the Right lion. John Doherty, the Chief Justice of the Citninon Pleas in Ireland, died sud denly, in short dropped down dead at Beaumauris, North Wales, on Sunday evening, where he had been sojourning with his family since the close of the a,sizes. Mr. Doherty filled the post of Solicitor- General during the viceroyalty of Lord Anglesey, by whoa), to the great surprise of the Irish bar and public, he was elevated to the Chief Justicesbip of the Common Pleas. The vacancy in the Irish bench will be filled by the Attorney-General, if the recent Act regulating the Irish courts, and, if I mistake not, reducing the number of the Irish Judges, should not offer an impediment. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. Mr. John O'Connell made his weekly speech yes terday at Conciliation Hall, which was no way dis tinguishable from previous orations, save in so far as it contained a glowing eulogy on the public and pri vate virtues of General Haynau, and a bitter invec tive against " the ruffians," as be described the men at Barclay'a brewery, who too rudely assailed the " Austrian butcher." Mr. O'Connell in the course of his panegyric was interrupted by the chairman, W. P. O'Connor, who observed, that if what he had read of that individual was true, he was unworthy of the society of pigs. Amongst other atrocities, he was re presented to have caused the women of Hungary to be stripped naked and flogged in the street ; and if all these things were done by him, he (the chairman) did not see why he was not deserving of a slight sousing. The observations of the chairman seemed to be quite in accordance with the opinions of the meeting, more especially the gentlemen in the body of the hall, by whom the very mention of the name of Ilaynau was received with groans botb loud and deep. The rent for the week amounted to Si. 6s. 81. THE POISONINGS AT CLAVERING.—Sarah Chesham, the alleged poisoner, was again brought up at Newpo rt g aol, before Mr. Birch Wolfe, one of the county magistrates, for re-examination, on the charge of having destroyed her hus band, Richard Chesham, by administering arsenic to him. In consequence of the pre-s being excluded from hearing the evidence, we are unable to give the statements of the wit nesses. The proceedings lasted nearly five hours, and twelve or fourteen persons were examined. A mass of circum stantial evidence was adduced as to procuring poison and ad ministering it, and one witness, it is said, swore positively to the prisoner having confessed giving I oison to the child of Lydia Taylor, and her intention of destroying the mother. At the close of the proceedings the bench determined on re manding the prisoner in order to procure other important evidence. NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETT.—Two new estates have just been purchased by this society. The first consists of nearly seventy acres, in the village 01 Penge, near the Croydon railway. The second is in West Surrey, and contains about one hundred acres, most pleasantly situated on the South-Western Railway, close to the dodalming station. Both these estates are adapted for villa residences, and will be divided into allotments sufficiently large, not only to confer the right of voting, but as are adapted to the re spective neighbourhoods, and to the wants of a large class of the members of the society. MONET MARKET.—The premium on gold at Purls is 71 per mune, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. r,*i. pt r ounce for standard gold, gives an ex : change of 25.34; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.321, it follows that golf is 0.06 per ct•nt. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 43i1 per mark, which, at the Enrli,h Mint price of 3/. 17f. lOid. andpe c ex- for standard gold, gives Cl) exchange of 13.13.9,, the change at llamburgh on London at short being 13 84, it follows that gold is 0.46 per cent. dearer in Ham burgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1104 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and At:cleric, being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that t he exchange.ia nominally 0.67 per neut. in fa vour of Eng land, and after making allowance for difference of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves a United States. small profit on the importation of g old frog the ♦PPOINTMRNTS. Wootwlcu, Sm. 10.—Gunner Richard Ellis to the G,!yser steam-sloop, making ready for commission at Woolwich. 'I he Hon. William Cowper, M.P., one of the Lordr of the Admiralty, returned to Whitehall yesterday, and the other Lords at present on an official visit to the eastern ports are expected to return on Saturday. DEPTFORD, SEPT. 10.-Sir John Hill, the captain superintendent of the Dock and Victualling Yards, has availed himself of leave of absence and has gone on the continent for a month. p The Hon. Captain Denham, R.N., and party of naval officers, visited the Dockyard for the purpose of inspecting the application of his patent for steering vessels of war in the event of the rudder head being deranged or damaged. They were received and at tended by the master-shipwright, Charles Wilcox, Esq., whom they highly eulogized for the very able manner in which the duties were performed inj his department. the Volcano, steam-ship of war, was taken out of dock with the greatest dispatch and facility. The Polyphemus was docked in her room to be ex amined. She is of the same class as the Volcano. The Perseus sloop. of-war was removed out of dock for space, and is to be immediately re docked. She is a true specimen of a rotten or decayed ship-of-war. The Northumberland, 74 guns, is in an advanced state of decay, and has been ripped up and broken to pieces as old and useless. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 9.—The Lords of the Admi ralty arrived at Devonport this morning from Cher bourg, about half-past eight o'clock, and took up their quarters at Moorshead's Hotel. 'The..party consists of Sir Francis Baring, M.P., the First Lord ; Ad miral Berkeley, C. 8., Captain Milne, Sir Baldwin Walker, Mr. Parker, M.P., secretary to the Admi ralty, and Captain Eden, the First Lord's private secretary. Their Lordships were engaged through out the day in the dockyard, and did not, as was sup posed by some would be the case, attend the funeral of Colonel Holloway, of the Royal Engineers. Their Lordships will dine at the Royal Hotel this afternoon; with Sir William Hall Gage, the port-admiral, to morrow ; with Lord John Hay, the captain-superin tendent of the dockyard, on Wednesday ; and will give their official dinner, at Moorshead's, on Thurs day. The First Lord holds his levee to-morrow morning, at ten o'clock ; and on Wednesday evening there will be a grand ball, in behalf of the Female Orphan Asylum, which will be patronized, by their Lordships. The Stromboli, which entered the Sound yesterday with the Bacchus lazarette, from Liverpool, left same day for Portsmouth. The Dutch merchant ship Macassa, Captain Klein, from Batavia, for Rotterdam, was off Piymouth yes terday, left at St. Helena, on the 221 of July, the Duke of Bronte, from Ceylon, and the Diadem, from Port Philip ; the Quebec packet arrived from Eng land on the 21st. Francois Guerit, a French sailor, belonging to a fishing vessel from Cherbourg, was picked up alone in a small boat at 11 A.M., on the Bth instant, by Captain Joseph Martin, of the schooner Margaret, of Fowey, from Hartlepool, with coal for Plymouth, when seven miles S.W. of Portland. The Frenchman was safely landed here on Sunday, and is now in charg:, of Mr. Luscombe the Consul. Guerit states that he had landed two persons from his vessel, and that while so doing she was blown off the shore. Wind, S.S.E.; fresh breeze. THE CANTERBUR Y COLONY. PLYMOUTIL—The four first ships taking out colo nists for Canterbury —the Randolph, Sir George Sey mour, Charlotte Jane, and Crecy—arrived at this port, nearly together, from London, in the course of Friday night. Stveral of the emigrants jAned their >hips h i re. Lord and Lady Wharncliffo, accompanied by their son, arrived on Friday, and Mr. Watts Russell also came to see his son's embarkation. Lord Courtenay, Sir J. Duckworth, Bart., M.P., Mr. J. Simeon, M.P., Mr. Adderley, &Le., and other members of the Canterbury Association were Mr. Pole Carew's guests at Antony. On Saturday morning all went on board, many ac companied by their friends. The bishop designata of Lyttelton, Dr. Jackson, arrived by an early train. Sir Thomas Tancred had accompanied the ship on its voyage down the Channel, taking a berth on board the Sir George Seymour. Tne whole of Saturday was beautifully fine, and Mount Eigecumbe gave a pleasing last impression to many leaving England for ever. The f4ir wind, which had brought the ships down Channel in less than three days, still continued in the same quarter. Mr. Willcox and Mr. Bowler were very busy all day making the last arrangements, and by seven o'clock the Charlotte Jane was under way. The Ran dolph followed at nine, and the Crecy a little later. The Sir George Seymour, waiting for the last dis patches, which were to be brought by Mr. Britton, sailed at ten o'clock On Sunday morning. Lord Wharncliffe and Mr. Stuart 'Wortley, Mr. Simeon, and Mr. Vaux stayed with their friends in the Charlotte Jane, among whom were Mr. Fitzge rald and his bride, as long as the pilot remained on board. Hearty cheers were given by their fellow crews as each ship got under way, as well as from other emigrant ships lying in the harbour. The bishop visited every ship, and went round each deck conversing with the emigrants of every rank and class. He himself returned on shore, to start by th e next of the tw o a dditi ona l sh i ps which' will leave Eng land in the course of this month, on board which will be Lord Mandeville, M.P., and his brother, Lord Frederick Montagu. A chaplain on board each ship reads prayers to the crew twice every day; and an entire school apparatus is provided, to make the best use of the four months' voyage for the emigrants' children. The surgeons seemed to be very active, in telligent men making th emse l ves use f u l i n many ways, besides fulfilling their own professional duties. As the Charlotte Jane got under way a schooner yacht passed under her stern, which in the dusk was not at first recognised to be Lord Mount- E Igecumbe's., but a hearty hail from the noble owner soon produced acquaintance. The yacht put about and laid along side the Canterbury ship, whose inmates received for their last farewell the kindest wishes from the owner of the last and fairest spot they coull see of their na tive country. Cmsidering the careful and elaborate preparation of this colony, the mixture of all classes of society in the enterprise, it certainly gives a fairer chance of resulting in a well-ordered and thriving English community, and will enlist a larger share of interest and attachment from all ranks of society at home, than any colony has enjoyed since the earlier enter prises of England's more heroic days, and it even promises a better phasic of colonization than either Raleigh or Baltimore could anticipate, having a larger experience to draw upon, and going out from no mo tives of discontent and irritation, nor from any pres sure, of necessity, but from the highest principles of disinterested patriotism and philosophy, and under the Sanctions of the best moral and religious motives. Nor do these colonists go out as leaving , b t ut e a mn ot ex tending Engl an d' s s h ores. Th ey carr y wishthi th em of many only the aff ec ti ons an d d omest i c carefullyfamilies, represented every f e ature and transmitted o f he irf England will b e n co P u n i n n t country h has ark o be en f Eegland' s en t er p r i se . ' The sports partridges and din following e esc e nda nts of Englishco lo nists have even subscri bed pheasants in N e w Zealand . The ed to take out cages full o f ird ni s n , even at some expense to farm ing p rofits, linnets, robins, thrushes, and all i t n h g e e mail at still repay their thefts by grateful reminiscencies of the c entral country of universal England. The best feel ings don as t his—the best of thepatriotism,andat h t be e st ia o st f mutual sympathies ; and we m a y ad d, that sight we saw on board the Charlotte Jane was the e wife rn o w f mn the a Chaplain , Mr. Kingdon, nursing i n h sick child of one of the emigrants on board. YA RMOUTII, SEPT. 7.—The brig liippccripp, cf Sun derland, and a small Dutch galliot, were in contact 4th inst. off Cromer, the former lost bowsprit, &c. An old man of 60 fell into the wheel of the Conis ton copper-mills, last week, and was torn to pieces by the arms dale wheel and some hundreds of screw-bolts. GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FRSTIVAL. GLOUCESTER, TUESDAT.—The influx of visitors into the old city this morning has been ttrueually great. The settled state of the weather has n o doubt contributed greatly to this result, and the consequence is that tickets are actually becoming scarce. 1 Yesterday evening the rehearsal of the concert music took pace, and concluded about ten o'clock P.M. Madame Sontag on making her appearance in the orchestra was warmly received. She rehearsed • considerable portion of her songs, and was in brilliant voice. Tbe rehearsal was conducted partly by Mr. Arnott, of G!oucester Cathedral, and partly by Mr. Dove, of Worcester Cathedral. Phillips sang Dr. Wesles's new sacred song both at the morning and evening rehearsal, and was conducted on each occa sion by the composer. Toe cathedral was the great source of attraction this morning. It is a noble building. The great beauty of the exterior consists in its lightness and the fl 'rid ch.zacter of its ornamental carvings. The west front presents a beautiful and imposing appear ance, and the tower has been pronounced one of the most complete specimens of Gothic architecture in the world. Tbe cathedral is 421 fret long by 144 broad ; the nave, 171 feet by 84 feet ; the choir, 140 fret by 34 feet ; the transepts, each 66 fr e t b y 43 feet; tower, 225 f ret high; Lil ly Chapel, 90 feet by 25 feet, and 47 feet high. To-day's performance of sacred music opened with the old familiar overture Esther. At eleven o'clock, when the cathedral was already just conveniently filled, a continuous stream of arrivals poured in for nearly half an hour longer, and thus made up a con gregation quite unprecedented for a first morning at Gloucester festival, and affording, it is hoped, a faith ful augury of the success which is to follow. Stalls for the bishop and clergy had been conveniently placed in the nave, and the clergy occupied their customary relative positions. The bishop's throne was placed in the centre of the nave against one of the pillars dividing it from the south aisle ; and the reading-desk was nearer the orchestra, the pulpit being opposite to it. The canons occupied temporary stalls near the foot of the western gallery. Prayers were chanted by the Rev. S. Kent, canon of the cathedral, and the lessons were read by the Rev. Canon Luscombe, precentor of the cathedral. The pieces and responses followed the Lord's Prayer after the absolution, were completely marred in their effect by the use of the organ as an accompaniment. This was a bad beginning, but in the subsequent portions of the service the instrument in question was discontinued, and then Tallies splendid vocal harmo nies were wonderfully brought out. The " grand " chant was used for the psalms; the second, being II penitential psalm, the minor key was used. The " Det tingen " Te Deum was an average performance. The solo parts were taken by Miss Williams, Miss Lucombe, and Messrs. Luckey, Phillips, Lawler, and Barnby. Mr. Lawler, we believe, is from Exeter Hall; he has a good even bass voice, flexible in qua. lity and respectably managed. Bath he and Mr. Barnby made their " first appearance " at these fes tivals to-day. Mr. Barnby is a counter-tenor front Westminster Abbey. His voice is of smooth and even quality, but by no means strong. He took the music allotted in the books to Miss Dolby, who was said to be unwell. Mr. Phillips executed his share of the Te Deum with excellent taste and deep feeling. His solo, " Thou art the King of Glory," was beau tifully given, and Mr. Harper's trumpet obligato was deliciously silvery and true. The Jubilate was Handel's—that composed for the peace of Utrecht—and was well rendered on the whole. Mr. Barnby had the opening solo, and got through it very creditably. He evidently had 'to feel his war. The chorus, "0 go your way," was badly led off by the counter-tenors. Dr. Boyce's " Blessed is he " was the anthem before the sermon, and the morning performance concluded at three o'clock with Handel's coronation anthem, " The King shall rejoice. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Canon Sel wyn, who eloquently advocated the cause of the charity in aid of which these festivals were founde This evening's concert, it is expected, will be bumper. IIEALTH of LONDON DURING the WEEK (From the li.gistrar-General's Return.) Eight hundred and ninety-nine deaths and 1,474 births were registered in the week ending September 7. The mortality is, therefore, near the average ; and the births registered exceed the deaths by 575. In the first week of September lest year, 3,183 persons died in London ; 272 by diarrhea, and 2,026 by cholera. It was the week in which the mortality was highest. In the corresponding week of the pre sent year the deaths by diarrhcei have been 75, by cholera 8. The deaths from diarrhcea are now ra pidly declining ; cholera was fatal in 8 instead of 4 cases, the number registered in the previous week. Two of the deaths from cholera were in the parish of ary lebone. The following are the particulars of the eight deaths by cholera : Oa the 31 of S.setemher, at the workhouse, Mary lebone, from 63, Great Cirlisl.,-street, a shoemalear aged 35 years, " English cholera." 01 the 31 of September, at 87, St. John's Wood terrace, Marylz bone, the dsughter of an artist, aged 1 year, " Eeglish cholera (3 days)." On the 31st of Augu,t, at 6, Madras-place, A loway, the wife of a la..ker, aged .58 years, "English cholera (3 days)." Mr. Watts states that " deceased was slightly affected about this time last year." On the 31 of September, at 11, Prospect-row, Bah 's-pond, Islington, the daughter of a carpenter, aged 5 weeks, "cholera infantum (14 days)." On the 3 i of September, at 6, Silver street, St. Giles, the wife of a porter, aged 2.5. "l ow fever (7 days), cholera biliosa (16 hours)." Mr. Yardley states that " this woman had been delivered of a still born child about ten days before her death," and in formant states thr " she vomited continually, but suffered no pain. The situation is airy, and not badly drained." On the 21 September, at 403, Oxford-street, the son of an optician, aged 3 years, " malignant cholera morbus." The father of the child sates that " the house is ill ventilated. There is a constant smell arising from a privy under the kitchen stairs, and his family have all been ill from this cause." Oa the 31 of September, at 13, Bacon-street, Bethnal-green, the son of a hacker, aged 3 months "cholera infantum (2 d a y s )." , On the 31st of August, at 1, Claremont-place, Greenwich West, the son of a hair dresser, aged 5 months, " cholera infantum (10 days)." 35 persons (chiefly children) died of scarlatina or putrid sore throat, 48 of typhus. The deaths from the latter disease have been 35, 27, 33, 40, 4S, in the five last weeks. 66 males and 49 females died in public institutions, which is less than the usual propertion. By the Greenwich observation s , the mean r ea di ng of the barometer was 30 196 inches ; the mean tem perature of the air in the shade was 56.5 deg. through the week, or 2.4 deg. less than the average of the last seven years ; the mean temperature of the Thames was 59 deg. Nearly an inch of rain fell on Sunday and Tuesday. 'The wind blew chiefly. from the west and north, and passed over Greenwich at an average rate of 59 miles a day. A Roman Catholic priest, writing to the Limerick Examiner concerning the exertions of some Protestant pro pagandists, employs the folluwing elegant language : No sooner had Rudwell's pedagogue commenced his mewing here, than the spawn of our few beggared, shabby shoneens, sharmed by his caterwauling, ran to his den, to glean his feline rhapsody. Thus have the ashenfaced exclusionists evi denced the malice of their blue gizzards." The italics are the Rev. Gentleman's own! FIRING PARKHURST PRISON AGAIN !—An attempt was made on Wednesday evening by the convicts confined at Parkhurst to burn down that beautiful portion of the estab lishment recently erected on the northern side of the bridge, upon Horsebridge-hill, which is known as the Juvenile Pri son, and is generally occupied by the younger scions of the pilfering community, The endeavour was first discovered, and their intention luckily frustrated, by one of the warders named Wilson, whose attention was drawn to something ex traordinary occurring by a strong smell of burning line*. On entering one of the wards, the sleeping berths, which are constructed of thin and light wood, similar in shape and ap apue i a n r e an ce to those ‘t,eek sin,iatchse, missof ward dormitory,firewas dis co v e red w i a one of was conne d a few whichower e rescorching with beat, then reaching the coefiltinhge surrounding ; :ce t l h ls e ,theflames t r ot h t i tn we partitions the whole would have been in a blaze in another fiv e minutes. Assistance being procured, the fire was prevented from spreading, and ultimately quenched before it occasioned further injury. A strict examination was then instituted, and it was found that about a shovelful of live ciud‘ra had been obtained from one of the stoves used for heating irons in the tailors' shop contiguous, and placed on the flooring of the ward. Over this the prisoners had placed their sheets, clothing, and bedding.—Hampshire Independent. A TICKLISH QOESTION.--A friend of ours, on visiting a stone-cutter's premises and seeing a tablet to the memory of an official of the Church of Rome, with a request in the inscription to the faithful to pray for the deliverance of the soul from purgatory, suggested the addition of the following couplet :-- - - But how shall we know When he gets from below ? The Witness. STRIAE OF TOBACCO-PIPE MAIIEI7B.-011 Mon day last, the tobacco-pipe makers of Leeds, and a great part of the %Vest Biding, struck for an advance of wages. th e masters complain of th,t low price their goods are selling at, and corsequently sta•e that they are not able to givd any advance in wages until an alteration takes place. A cor respondent says the wages of tobacco-pipe makers are som e . thing more than 55. per week less than they were in 1814,-- Leeds Mercury. PRAISEWORTHY LIBBRALITT.—Owing to the exer tions of several individuals, consisting chiefly of members of mercantile firms of the parish of Redc;iffe, Bristol, it has been determined to enlarge the building and increase the efficiency of Guinea-street Hospital, in that , city. One gentleman alone, Mr. Eaton, has contributei towards it the munificent sum of 5,0004, and Mr. George Thomas no less than than 1,0,b01. Such liberality would do , credit to the most munifi cent period of the l oca l history of even Bristol's merchant princes, renowned as she deservedly is for the extent of her public charities. It is proposed that the future structure shall be erected in a less backward situation than Guinea street, so that it should be as one of the great public build.. ings, an ornameut to the city. THE SUN, LONDON, (I F